questions
- Read Genesis 24 and 25:19-26. What is your initial reaction to this text and/or to the sermon?
- In this story, Abraham is dying, and the family is faced with what's next for them and how the blessing that has been promised to them will continue. What deaths, either literal or metaphorical, are you experiencing right now?
- God's steadfast love ends up manifesting not in another patriarch, as expected, but in Rebekah. When have you experienced love and blessing from an unexpected source or in unexpected ways?
- How can you practice paying attention to the unexpected in your life?