Day Eight "Counting the Stars!"

In our reading, we will discover Abram will not only have an heir but will have offspring as numerous as the stars. Abram has no idea what the Lord has in mind with having children! We will read more about this later. An angel announces Hagar's child will be Ishmael and will be more than rough around the edges..."he will be a wild donkey of a man and he will live in hostility." Sarai becomes jealous of Hagar having a child. The jealousy is out of her barren status. Is she in for a surprise! After a few days reading some gloomy Psalms... it is great to open with the inspiring thought... "O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!" Stars appear a second time in our reading... "When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars." Jesus moves from baptism, to the wilderness, and in today's reading to preach. (We will spend the next eight days in the Sermon on the Mount) In today's reading, Jesus begins calling his disiciples Peter and his brother Andrew. These fishermen must have been confused when told they would become "fishers of men." Jesus healing power begins to attract large crowds. Can we imagine what it would have been like to see all the commotion beginning to take place?