Day 3 - Abraham & Sarah Part 1

I awake to the sun shining in my room.  I am a little disoriented and I begin to wonder why I woke up before my alarm went off.  And, why it was light in  my room.  I look at the clock... 7:24.  Crap!  I slept through my alarm!  I was supposed to leave my house by 8am that morning, so I knew spending an hour doing Bible Study was not an option.  I felt very disappointed that I didn't have time to do what I had already begun to enjoy so much.  I didn't go back to sleep (hence, not snoozing) so I don't call that a break in my fast.  

When I got home from the scheduled outing, I took some time throughout the afternoon to do some study.  

Genesis 21: 1-7

The Lord kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised.2 She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would. 3 And Abraham named their son Isaac. 4 Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded. 5 Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.

6 And Sarah declared, “God has brought me laughter.[a] All who hear about this will laugh with me. 7 Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!”

2. Pore over the passage and paraphrase the major points:

- God kept His word and gave Sarah a son - even thought Abraham went about things his own way and had a baby with Hagar.
- Abraham doubt and tried things his way.
- Sarah laughed when she was told she would have a son (Genesis 18:12).
- Because Sarah doubted God's promise, she forfeited peace - the peace she could have had throughout her pregnancy.
- Sarah was afraid to believe it just in case it didn't happen.  She told no one.  She laughed about it instead of believing in faith.

** Doubt in what God said (His promise) caused her to be afraid to believe it could and would happen.

** Sarah doubted God's plans for her future.

That's as far as I got on this day.  I had a full day of activities planned.  I did not want a repeat of that morning to ever happen again, so that night before getting into bed, I moved my digital, plug in alarm clock over beside my phone and prayer mat.  I needed to make sure I wasn't going to miss my morning Bible study any more!