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Sky Full of Stars



Thinking of the promise given to Abram... Imagine looking at all those stars... Almost 100 years old, feeling the weight of age, youth and vitality stripped from your body... The glaring awareness of impossibility... The screeching in your ears of time past by... The seeds that had been building yet never planted and now regret and disappointment has replaced the seeds that once held the hope life...you remind your creator how you're childless and there is no heir to your estate as your time is drawing near...and Now picture the sky full of those stars and never being able to count them all and God assuring you that your offspring will be as numerous as there are stars... 
The bible says Abram believed Him! 
Wow! Just like that, despite the reality that had been staring him in the face, the harsh circumstance he was in... Abraham just believed Him. 
The story continues... Abram asks "how will I know this will happen"? 

God makes a covenant with him. Years later Still no proof of that promise, Abram tries to make the promise happen with his own works and has a child but this is not the child that holds the purpose and legacy to come... Years later God gives Abram a new name: Abraham, which means father of nations, God reminds him of the promise and speaks strategies... Abraham falls face down in laughter and sarcasm...Abraham tries to make a deal with God, "give the blessing to Ishmael instead"...God assures him that the legacy will come from his seed planted with his wife and also agrees that he will bless Ishmael as well... Later even his wife (who was given a new name too: Sarah, mother of nations, laughs at God and speaks sarcastically. Yet through their doubt and unbelief, through their rudeness and brokenness, God delivers the promise that He spoke. Not once did Abraham and Sarah pray for the promise to happen, heck it even tells us they scoffed at the promise! But Gods word and promise prevailed. 

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