The Last Laugh

 God repeatedly assures Abram that he will be the father of many nations - as many descendants as stars in the sky or grains of sand on the shore. But there's only one problem. Both he and his wife Sarai are old; too old to have children, it would seem. When God - in the appearance of a traveler - tells newly-renamed Abraham and Sarah that she will have a son within the year, she can only laugh. But God has the last laugh.

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Water into Wine

Noted as the first of Jesus' signs, the story of the wedding at Cana of Galilee-where Jesus turns water into wine—is found in John Chapter 2. We are left to wonder just why  Jesus, his mother Mary, and his disciples are in attendance at this wedding, and just why his mother takes it upon herself to solve the problem of no more wine.
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Credit Where Credit is Due

In the period of the Judges, the Israelites once again turned away from the Lord God, and as a consequence came under the domination of the king of Canaan, whose military power was formidable because his army was commanded by Sissera, who had nine hundred iron chariots as the backbone of his army. For twenty years Sissera oppressed the Israelites harshly.

At this time Israel was led by Deborah, a Prophetess and Judge who settled disputes under a palm tree in the hill country of Ephraim. She held both religious and civic authority and people came to her for judgment and guidance, calling her “a mother of Israel.” In Judges 4:6 we learn how Deborah, an army commander named Barak and an unexpected ally freed Israel from military oppression.

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Like Father, Like Son

 

Genesis 26 tells a story with a familiar ring. Only 6 chapters earlier, the narrative is that Abraham once passed through Gerar and, worried for his safety, introduced Sarah as his sister. Eight decades later, his son Isaac arrives in Gerar under the same pressures and repeats the same line about Rebekah. It might have worked — if Isaac hadn’t shown a little too much affection for his “sister.”

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