2026-03-04 Lent - Day 15 Lent Second Wed of Lent Hello! My apologies. I am a day late with this one. Today we continue to look at Abram. It is a very sad scripture of both cowardliness and deceit. Let’s look at Genesis 12:10-20. 10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. 11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know what a beautiful woman you are.12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.” 14 When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.15 And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace. 16 He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels. 17 But the Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai. 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!” 20 Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had. The Holy Bible is a collection of books that tell a love story that unfolded with God and His people. However, it also tells the ugliness of human nature. As soon as Abram hits some challenges, he immediately tries to take things into his own hands rather than trust in God. Don’t we all? Even though Abram lied and deceived the Egyptians, God saved Sarai and kept His end of the covenant. This proves that we fail miserably over and over, but God loves us unconditionally and keeps His word to us. Remember, Abram is the father of Judaism, Islamic, and Christian religions. He is the one that God chose to reveal Himself through and even he made huge mistakes. He even was willing to hand his wife over because of both fear and greed, but God kept His word despite Abram’s flaws. If God will work through Abram’s sins, He will work through our sins too! Blessings,