Wednesday evening we learned that Abraham, the Father of our faith, had God appear to him and told him to leave everything and go to Canaan. This was the first appearance of God to someone since Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden. However, although Abram had clear direction, he disobeyed God on several counts. The question remains, what should God do with someone like Abram who had received this word but disobeyed. Kill him? Recruit someone else?

God’s  decision was to show him grace, unmerited favor for no reason. This is comfort to all of us who make mistakes.

Come next Wednesday and we’ll see what else we can learn about of father of our faith.