IMITATE THEIR FAITH/SARAH - "What a Beautiful Woman You Are"

SARAH stood in the middle of the room looking around. Picture a Middle Eastern woman with a striking pair of dark, expressive eyes. Did a trace  of sadness show there?  If so, it would not be hard to understand why.  There was a lot of history in this house. She and her beloved husband, Abraham, had spent countless happy hours here.  Together, they had made it a home.

They lived in Ur, a prosperous city with plenty of artisans, craftsmen, and merchants. So they surely had possession.  But Sarah's home was more to her than a mere place in which to keep her belongings. Here she and her husband had shared many years of joys and disappointments. Here they had prayed countless times to their beloved God, Jehovah.  Sarah had ample reason to love this place.

Yet, Sarah was willing to move away from all that was familiar.  Though perhaps about 60 years old, she would travel to parts unknown and take up a lift fraught with danger and hardship, with no prospect of coming back. What led her to such a sweeping change in her life? And what can we today learn from her faith?

Next time: IMITATE THEIR FAITH/ SARAH - "GO OUT FROM YOUR LAND"

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