Tuesday, 04 August 2009 01:00 | and posted in Distant Bride
"I want you to swear by the Lord, ...that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living, but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.” Genesis 24:3-4
Love is good and falling in love is a wonderful thing. But marrying someone who does not love God will almost certainly draw you away from God. Abraham knows this, so he asks Eliezer, his chief servant, to find a wife for Isaac from Abraham’s extended family; someone who is less likely to draw Isaac into the worship of idols than the Canaanites.
What in your life is “good” yet could pull you off track?