Way of the Wolf

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   My internet connection times out periodically, and I have to try to "get in 

before the buzzer", as it were.

Nevertheless, I think I made a crucial mistake here.  It is not my 

assertion that Father Abraham was confident in his own abilities, in and 

of themselves.  But Father Abraham was supremely confident in the Might 

and Main of Almighty God -- and as such, Abraham never allowed any 

'mere' mortal man to usurp that role for him.  I think that is a much better 

way of saying it.

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Bismarck Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 March 2006 Status: Offline Points: 286	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bismarck Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Way of the Wolf Posted: 03 May 2006 at 3:16pm
	My internet connection times out periodically, and I have to try to "get in before the buzzer", as it were. Nevertheless, I think I made a crucial mistake here. It is not my assertion that Father Abraham was confident in his own abilities, in and of themselves. But Father Abraham was supremely confident in the Might and Main of Almighty God -- and as such, Abraham never allowed any 'mere' mortal man to usurp that role for him. I think that is a much better way of saying it.

Bismarck Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 March 2006 Status: Offline Points: 286	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bismarck Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 May 2006 at 9:58pm
	Genesis 14:22-24 (New American Standard Bible) 22 Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have sworn to the LORD God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, 23 that I will not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is yours, for fear you would say, 'I have made Abram rich.' 24 "I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their share." I interpret this to mean that Abraham refused handouts. Abraham refused to be given presents he could not repay, he refused to put himself into debts he could not cover. Abraham could not be bought with "easy money". Quick point: Somewhere in the vicinity of 6-8,000 years ago, Man's Best Friend was broken in and tamed from his Wild Wolf forebears who roamed free in the Virgin Woods of the unsettled world. The weakest and softest wolves, in the back of the pack, who could not feed themselves were drawn, starving, by the allure of cooking meat at the campfires of the bipeds. So their hungry eyes began to appear, glinting and flashing, at the outskirts of Early Man's campfires, and as their hunger overcame their instinctual fears, they came in, and were fed... in exchange for doing tricks, rolling over when told, and being bred as the bipeds saw fit. This is the origin of the term "Hand Outs" -- hearkening all the way back to those days when cooked meat was handed out to hungry wolves soon -2-B dog pets. Father Abraham never let anybody yoke or saddle him. Putting his trust in God, he had a "Can Do" attitude -- as in, I can do it myself, thank you, I don't need no frigging hand outs. Father Abraham was repulsed by handouts, not allured.