I am still trying to keep pace to read the entire Bible in a year, albeit a bit behind. Obviously, I am even further behind on recording my thoughts. It may be a several year project to jot down just basic thoughts on each chapter. This connects to one of the strands of thought that I have been pondering over the past few weeks.
Have you noticed how Abraham almost at once seems to recognize God when He comes and visits, however it is only recorded that God visited Abraham a handful of times. This leads me to one of three possibilities. First is that God visited Abraham more frequently, but those visits were chosen to be omitted. Considering Genesis as an introduction to God, it seems odd that the Genesis writer would fail to mention that. (However, Genesis does fail to mention the first time God called Abraham, which is rather interesting.)
The other two possibilities are even more intriguing. One is that God visits Abraham only a handful of times in his long lifetime. The other is that God was constantly trying to visit, but Abraham failed to notice.
How often do we fail to notice when God is speaking to us? Preoccupied with the daily stresses of life, we miss the God-moments and the God-blessings because we are not looking for God.
Just a thought.
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