i don't really get the treaty at beersheba part. what's the significance? what was it about really? was it just to say that Abraham dug the well? why is that important? i think that part was one of those passages that i would just read before and not think too much about it...but now that i do think about it...i don't think i understand it.
God testing Abraham really made me think. Isaac was his only son (with him) and so he must have meant the world to Abraham, i mean God said that Abraham would have so many descendants through Isaac and they would become a great nation! before i just kind of took the story for granted but now i'm kind of surprised that Abraham didn't question God on bit. i thought, "if it were me would i be able to do that?" if God asked me to give up everything that meant anything to me and everything that may have been my hope for the future, would i be able to do it? well...if He talked to me personally like He did to Abraham i might be shocked enough to...but other than that i'm sad to say, probably not. this is when i realize how small my faith really is and how much and how easy it is to rely on things that we can see and touch and things that are logical to this world. i guess this is something i need to work on, and sometimes just take that leap of faith.
that servant's prayer was pretty darn detailed about how he was going to find a wife for Isaac, and what do you know? it was answered! how great is God. sometimes i wonder, if we were that specific in our prayers, would they be more effective?
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