Abraham...
Genesis 21:9-14 Abraham… sending Ishmael and his mother away was definitely not an easy thing to do. "And Abraham rose up early. How painful was the wound, which the ejection of his firstborn son inflicted upon the mind of the holy man, we may gather from the double consolation with which God mitigated his grief: He sends his son into banishments just as if he were tearing out his own bowels. But being accustomed to obey God, he brings into subjection the paternal love, which he is not able wholly to cast aside . This is the true test of faith and piety, when the faithful are so far compelled to deny themselves, that they even resign the very affections of their original nature, which are neither evil nor vicious in themselves, to the will of God ." - John Calvin We are not so accustomed to obeying God because we are afraid of what God will ask us to do/give up. We have gotten so comfortable in our little bubble that we live in the convenience ...
