Genesis 22

Abraham offered Isaac, his only son, to You--or was willing to. The faith of this always blows me away.  You do rub it in a bit--not just go sacrifice your son, but go sacrifice your only son, Isaac, whom you love,  I guess another way of testing Abraham.  Lessons: do what You say even when it seems wrong, the blessings of following You and doing Your will are many.  Always wonder what effect this had on Abraham and Isaac's relationship.  Feel like it wasn't great for it.  Introduces the idea of You asking for things just to see if we'll do it, rather than because You actually want us to do it.  Been a lot of that lately between us, I think.