Genesis 18:14 says, “Is anything too hard for the LORD?..” Abraham and Sarah had waited years for God to give them a child. They had even gone so far as to take matters into their own hands to get an heir. That was NOT God’s plan so Ishmael wasn’t the answer to His promise. Yet they were very surprised when years later along comes a messenger to say that Sarah is having a child even though she’s past the years of child bearing. I often wonder if we didn’t try to help God out with his plan , if the answer might arrive a little quicker. Possibly not, but still I enjoyed the reminder anyway. God keeps His promises. Always. While we’re waiting, we can know that our God is most certainly taking care of us.
As a kid I watched my parents fight about different things. I don't really have any other parents to compare them to so I can't really say whether they were normal fights couples have or not. I couldn't even say what most of them were about except the ones that were about me. We only ate as a family on holidays. My father came home late so we kids ate without him. I do remember spending time with him in the evening before I went to bed so it couldn't have been that late. My own husband gets home a little later because of his job commute so we eat late every night. But home schooling has given us the ability to be more flexible than my Mom was able to be. We had school early the next day. As I got older, I remember my Father being home less and less and the fights seemed to intensify. I remember one night when I was thirteen. I could hear them yelling through the wall. My mom found me crying and I told her I didn't want them to get a divorce. She told me...
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