YES, THAT
Today`s reading: Genesis 20-23

``Take your son, your only son--yes, Isaac, whom you love so much--and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will point out to you.`` Genesis 22:2 NLT

I can imagine Abraham looking around at who else the Lord might be talking to.

I can see, in my mind, his sticking a finger in his ear and shaking his head, making sure he was hearing correctly.

I can think his thoughts immediately went to his son Ishmael, the one he had sent away.

I can place myself in Abraham`s shoes as God spells out just what it is He is asking him to do...

Yes, that...Yes, that.

I have heard Him say it to me. I have felt the heaviness in my heart as He chose to point out a sin in my life--one I would just as soon ignore.

I have presented various options to God. I have given substitutes. I have made Him think I wasn`t sure just what it was He was suggesting. And I have heard Him say...

Yes, that...That.

I don`t know what it is He is referring to in your life, but I am well aware of what it is in mine. I would like it to be something else, something a little less important to me, something a little easier to part with, something that I haven`t grown so attached to, something a little more out of my control, or so I think.

And yet I hear Him say...

Yes, that. Give it to me--yes, that _____ you love so much.