As we look around the world today, and see the many troubling signs, I think most people who believe in God would be grateful if He were to just come down and let us know that everything will be okay. In the readings this weekend, you and I are reminded that He has.

One of the greatest stories of faith in the Bible is that of Abraham, whom God called to leave his prosperous existence in his home land of Ur to journey to the Promised Land. Called at a point of time when he was of an advanced age, Abraham was asked to give up everything to follow the Lord, at a point in his life when most people would be getting ready to die. Childless, and way beyond child bearing years, Abraham and his wife Sarah, are promised that they will have more descendants then the stars in the Heavens. Putting their trust in God, they follow and enter into a covenant with the Lord. Through faith, Abraham follows the Lord and believes in the promises that God has made to him. As today’s first reading states: “Abram put his faith in the Lord, who credited it to him as an act of righteousness” (Genesis 15:6). Continue reading →