You are going to be lucky today. My gut tells me that this will be a short post in blogdom. I am still recovering from yesterday. The good news is that my truck has not blown up yet and will be taken to the doctor tomorrow. My best hope is for "outpatient" procedures for whatever is wrong. I don't need to be without it for too long with all that goes on in my world. Perhaps there is nothing to do but wait and see.

My message yesterday morning was on Abraham's crisis of faith in Genesis 22. I said in my last blog that it is far from easy material. The hard part of covering such a story is to not get wrapped up in all the cosmic elements without being realistic. Abraham is told by God to offer up his son as a sacrifice. I love my children and cannot even begin to imagine all the pressures that word from God brings. My faith might take another approach than how Abe responded. Yet I know that in each day there are decisions to be made that are similar to the one in Genesis. Will I love God when His word and will seems so odd? We probably will not know that overwhelming stress of Abraham. We will surely know the daily choices that reflect our heart toward God. Can we act in faith waiting for God to connect the dots of His larger purpose? How often is it that we decide to take matters into our own hands without an active trust in the God of promise? I cannot answer these questions for you. I hope that you will answer them as you go about daily life.

It is now time to go get ready for my kids to come home from school. Once again I move from the deeply theological to just being dad. The pay may not be great but the benefits are terrific. It does give me plenty of material for the blog!

Bro. Trey