It is difficult to accept that we failed and were not what others expected us to be, that role model man or woman, and sometimes those failures lead us to believe that God has distanced himself from us. This is a thought we see throughout the history of man in the bible.
I remember one day at a youth meeting, which was an event where several Methodist youth leagues met at the district level. The organizer had the idea of inviting a charismatic speaker with a Pentecostal background.
How do you react when you get news of something you don’t expect to hear, but yet it’s something you want to happen, but you know it can’t happen, or something you don’t want to happen, but you know it will happen?
It seems that Abraham, in addition to bread, drank milk and butter and prepared a roast for his guests. Abraham was excited to serve these people.
Abraham is excited to serve these three people who come from God to give him a message, and he treats them in a very special way, being a good host to them. He refreshes them by washing their feet, makes them feel comfortable, and gives them appetizers.
God has a very peculiar way of communicating with each one of us. He continually uses other people to give us some particular sign or message that we need to hear to uplift our lives.
It was June 21, 2002, when Saby and I got married. And I remember that we got engaged in November of the previous year. On August 5, 2001, I got my first appointment.
God saw a need in Adam’s life, and he realized that need when he worked on the animals. He saw that each species had its partner.
It is interesting to note that it is God who says that loneliness is not good for man and makes Adam name all the animals in the garden to show him his loneliness.
There was one rule to obey: not to eat the fruit of a specific tree. Many have wondered, even mocked saying, “Why this rule?”.