Sometimes my parents, typically my mom, sometimes asks me to prepare the house/a room for a visitor. Who is coming? I'm not sure (& sometimes, she doesn’t know either). All I know is, that I need to make sure the spaces are presentable for the person coming. If it doesn’t happen, the visitor may feel unwelcome and probably will look for another place to stay. We’d miss out on the gift of their presence in our home.
Read MoreRemember when God told Sarah she was going to bear a child in her old age then she laughed and tried to tell God she actually didn’t? Or when Abraham was out in the Negev region and was telling people Sarah was his sister and not his wife? Something makes me think that these stories were told to Isaac, but ended with something along the lines of “and yet God still showed us favour” so the issue was minimized. Later, Isaac repeated the exact same thing his father did, in the same region, with the same king. WILD. *sings* Do you see what I see?
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