How many times our lives go in the exact opposite direction than the dreams God has placed in our hearts.

We either view God as so far above us that He certainly does not understand our struggles, or we view Him as a cuddly Teddy Bear ready to comfort us when we demand. Both of these are dangerous to our understanding of God.

The story of Abraham and Isaac is such an interesting, as well as sometimes a confusing story, for us to read.

Waiting. It is something that none of us do well. Even those that appear to outwardly have it all together while waiting, are internally exploding.

Abram had a gift of leaving everything behind. He had a gift of faith, a gift of trust.

To understand the sign that God gave to Abraham, we must know something about the covenant-making process in the ancient Near East.

As He looked upon His special creation, the Imago Dei, people made in the image of God, it was mixed and tainted with original sin, pouring out of each person in the form of sinful desires, thoughts, and actions.

After God created all things, we see that He was pleased with what he had created.

The God of Creation entered His creation in order to inaugurate the New Creation.