Through the Glass Dimly

There's this guy in the bible named Abram, and he's married to this woman named Sarai. God made a REALLY super big promise to them. Even though they had already passed child bearing years and had not once conceived a child (this is before the days of birth control and IVF etc), God promised them that they would get pregnant and have a son, and that he would be the father of a GIANT nation that would fill the earth. They waited. And waited..... for TWENTY YEARS. And nothing. So Sarai decides it's time she took this promise into her own hands and "redefine" the promise. Not good. Not good at all. Sarai decides that what God ACTUALLY meant was that SHE (Sarai) should find a woman to give to her husband to make a baby with.... Totes not the promise. So Sarai gives her lady's maid to Abram as a wife. And.... big surprise. They have a son. So that causes a whole different set of problems, for another discussion another time... but what most stands ...