Light for the Day

View of an ibex (sure-footed, sturdy wild goat) high up on the steep, rocky edge of the Makhtesh Ramon formation in the Negev desert of southern Israel

Photo by Sören Herbst © Copyright

After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.” But Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
GENESIS 15:1-2 NKJV

And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, “This man shall not be your heir; your own son shall be your heir.”
GENESIS 15:4 RSV

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Colorful view of the arid, mountainous landscape of the Negev (Ha-Negev) region of southern Israel, at twilight

Photo by Stanislav Khatsevich, Israel © Copyright

Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
GENESIS 15:5 NKJV

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
ROMANS 4:3 NKJV


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View of a man looking up to the stars and Milky Way galaxy in the nighttime sky

Photo by Inga-Av, Republic of Armenia, Western Asia © Copyright

Then the LORD appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.
GENESIS 18:1 NKJV

And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.” (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.) Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
GENESIS 18:10-12 NKJV


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View from inside a Bedouin tent in the Wadi Rum wilderness of southern Jordan, with bright sunlight and blue sky

Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari, Israel © Copyright

And the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’ Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.” But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And He said, “No, but you did laugh!”
GENESIS 18:13-15 NKJV

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Afternoon sunlight shining on a tree and flowering grasses in a springtime meadow in Israel

Photo by Yuriy Chertok, Israel © Copyright

For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.”
ROMANS 9:9 NKJV

Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.”
GENESIS 21:5-6 NKJV

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Millions of baby blue eyes (Nemophila menziesii) blooming in the springtime in Japan. The photo was taken on Miharashi Hill in Hitachi Seaside Park, located near the city of Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture. The Park features a variety of green spaces and seasonal flowers spread out across 350 hectares. The baby blue eyes mimic the color of the sky and are usually at their peak from late April to mid May. Paths crisscross Miharashi Hill providing views of the Pacific Ocean and the rest of the Park. (Japan-Guide.com)

Photo by Kaedeenari, Japan and Canada © Copyright