Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

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Genesis 16 – Lessons on being faithful

In the previous chapter God had directly told Abram that he would have a son. In spite of this revelation, Abram and Sarai feel compelled to help God along in keeping his promise. Abram and Sarai do not see any way that they will conceive a chile (and God never said the child would be through Sarai), so Sarai convinces Abram to sleep with her servant and conceive a child. Needless to say this caused some relationship issues in the household. Sarai’s servant Hagar ran away out of fear, but God spoke to her and promised to protect her. Even though this child was not God’s promised descendent, God promised to bless him.

How many times have you felt God promise something, but as time goes by you begin to doubt God’s providence. Soon you begin to look for ways you can help God alone in fulfilling his promise. Eventually, you act on your own to enable God’s promise and only later do you realize that the actions you undertook are a poor substitute for what God was waiting to do.

God is more faithful than we are.

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Leukos (White) The Koine Greek Word of the Day Podcast

Leukos (White) is the root of our modern English word leukemia.  To subscribe to this podcast please go to iTunes and subscribe to “The Koine Greek Word of the Day Podcast”.

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