I agree, especially with our children. My wife and I welcomed our first son on Christmas Day 2007. Truly a gift from God in so many ways. Only now can I appreciate what Abraham must have gone through when, as far as he could see, Isaac was the only way that God would make him “a great nation.” So when God asks him to sacrifice his son, “your only son whom you love …” man, the heartache he must have felt. It’s a daily (hourly and minute-by-minute) struggle sometimes to remember that it all belongs to God. It’s so difficult sometimes, but you know, I think it also can be really comforting to know that He has it all in His hands.

Great post!

Indeed, “anything can become an idol…even good things.”

I have been guilty of fashioning idols out of many things…some good, some not. My own children for example. Sometimes things in our lives just take over…often before we even realize it.

It gives one pause. As it ought!

Nice job, Joe!