And Abraham Took Sarai
When God called Abraham to leave his father's house he took with him a few beloved things- Lot, his nephew, all his belongings so there was no turning back, provisions for the road, and of course, most importantly his wife, Sarai. {Some things you can't do and others you ought not try alone at home boys and girls}
Her name wasn't changed until after he took her and moved -to "Sarah". She became for him a testament of God's immovable secure love even in the flux of life and dislocation of everything around him. Life got dicey on the road at times. One time Abraham actually passed her off as his sister and pimped her to Pharoah because he feared him. They both lost faith for a moment in God's promise of progeny and she let Abraham sleep with the maid essentially so he could try to have a son- she knew it was one of the deepest desires of his heart. All this time Sarah stood by her man- baked cookies like Tammy Wynette, washed his socks, cooked his dinner and made his bed in the morning. A lifetime almost passed before they saw God's promise in Isaac. Sarah laughed at the Angel when he told her she could conceive-- it sounded too ludicrous at her age.
Aren't you glad Angels always get the last laugh.
Ephesians 3: 14-19
Hujus rei gratia flecto genua ad Patrem Domini nostri Iesu Christi,
Ex quo omnis cognatio in coelis et super terram nominatur,
Ut det vobis secundum divitias gloriae suae, potentia roborari per Spiritum suum in hominem interiorem,
Ut inhabitet Christus per fidem in cordibus vestris, ut sitis in charitate radicati atque fundati,
Quo valeatis comprehendere cum omnibus sanctis, quae sit latitudo, et longitudo, et profunditas, et altitudo;
Cognoscere, inquam, dilectionem Christi, quae cognitionem exsuperat, ut completi sitis in omnem plenitudinem Dei.
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