" Abraham built an altar...;and he bound Issac his son and laid him on the altar...." (Genesis 22:9)
Because of a congenital defect, my older daughter began having severe kidney infections before she was two years old. When she was old enough at age six, her urethra was reimplanted into her bladder. The pediatric surgeon explained that this also included a new valve which would work involuntarily, preventing the reflux that had plagued her for four years. That to me was a miracle. So, when my younger daughter hemorrhaged at age four, I was an old hand at trusting God with my babies. Everyone around thought I was in shock as she received four volumns of blood enabling exploratory surgery. A polyp had ruptured on her colon. The peace I felt during these times was encouraged by Abraham. Once he stopped wrestling with God, the sacrificial lamb appeared. It's OK to wrestle before God when he requires an ultimate trust, but not with Him. Life can be very scary when it is attempted without trusting Him. I don't ever want to go there again.
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