Pitchin' Tents and Building Altars
When God gave Abraham his version of Pcs (permanant change of station) orders, Abraham loaded up his family, gathered his animals and did a DITY (do it yourself) move.
And what did he do when he reached his new post?
He pitched a tent and built and altar.
When we were visiting my parent's church on leave, Pastor Greg spoke about Abraham and what he did when he was told to relocate. There was actually a bigger point to the sermon, but the part I remember is the tent and altar.
So, he pitched a tent. He established his home. He did this by physically getting that tent up and by establishing foundations for his family.
He built an altar. He praised God for what He did in Abraham's life and gave himself back to God to be used as He needed.
Yesterday, we pitched our tent. We signed for our apartment. We took some time last night to restablish with our family what are foundations will be. As for our household we will serve the Lord.
And we built an altar. As we sat on the rental couch in an otherwise empty apartment we raised up our family to God, thanked Him for His many blessings getting us to this new "tent" and offered ourselves back to him. We prayed that our home would be filled with love and joy, and that we would serve God and love Him more. We all took turns praying over someone else in the family and offering special requests. Gabe prayed for neighbors (we'll add friends to that), Eli prayed that we would all have better attitudes (moving has been stressful) and we prayed that Matt would be a strong leader at work and that I would be a patient teacher with Gabe during his homeschool.
I think the last part of Abraham's moving tradition was to go forth.
So, here we go.
And what did he do when he reached his new post?
He pitched a tent and built and altar.
When we were visiting my parent's church on leave, Pastor Greg spoke about Abraham and what he did when he was told to relocate. There was actually a bigger point to the sermon, but the part I remember is the tent and altar.
So, he pitched a tent. He established his home. He did this by physically getting that tent up and by establishing foundations for his family.
He built an altar. He praised God for what He did in Abraham's life and gave himself back to God to be used as He needed.
Yesterday, we pitched our tent. We signed for our apartment. We took some time last night to restablish with our family what are foundations will be. As for our household we will serve the Lord.
And we built an altar. As we sat on the rental couch in an otherwise empty apartment we raised up our family to God, thanked Him for His many blessings getting us to this new "tent" and offered ourselves back to him. We prayed that our home would be filled with love and joy, and that we would serve God and love Him more. We all took turns praying over someone else in the family and offering special requests. Gabe prayed for neighbors (we'll add friends to that), Eli prayed that we would all have better attitudes (moving has been stressful) and we prayed that Matt would be a strong leader at work and that I would be a patient teacher with Gabe during his homeschool.
I think the last part of Abraham's moving tradition was to go forth.
So, here we go.
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