
Death is just a fact of life. It should remind us to get our house in order, and to clear up relationships that have become strained. But it should also make us think: are we ready to stand before God?
And the Angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven
the second time.
] The Angel having restrained him from slaying his son, and having provided another sacrifice, which he offered, calls to him again; having something more to say to him, which was to renew the covenant he had made with him, and confirm it by an oath.

Death is just a fact of life. It should remind us to get our house in order, and to clear up relationships that have become strained. But it should also make us think: are we ready to stand before God?

Abraham wept for his wife Sarah when she died, but then he moved on with his life. This teaches us a valuable lesson: it’s good to grieve, but prolonged grief is a bad thing.

Abraham understood true anguish when God told him to sacrifice his son. But he entered into his deepest fellowship with the Lord in the time of suffering. Join Skip in Genesis 22.
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