Looking for the best in God
Proper 10A | Genesis 25:19-34, Matthew 13:1-9,18-23
Abraham, the patriarch, the one chosen and called, promised a future he couldn’t have—yet. God promised him a yet to end that sentence. His life in so few words, and God offered a future, a whole new world in a whole new land.
Then God did the same for Sarah. And she laughed. Of course, who wouldn’t? That’s crazy talk. But God just returned the laughter like tennis, like conversation. As if to say, “you think that’s funny? Guess what I have in store for you!” And God made a promise to her. A son. They named him Isaac.
A son that God told Abraham to sacrifice like a cruel joke. A test of obedience, I guess. But something we still can’t get over. I don’t think anyone actually involved ever did. I don’t think the promised nation ever has.
Forty years later, Isaac is married and his mother is dead and his father remarries. We always skip over that part. To a woman named Keturah. With her, Abraham has more sons, who he loves and cares for in life, but not in death. He gives everything to Isaac. And lest we forget, it was God who took care of Ishmael.
Families, amIright?
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