A Quilt Or A Comforter

In Genesis 17:10, the Lord talks to Abraham and says, “Walk before me, and be blameless.” This was a major moment in his life, for from that time on, he would no longer be called Abram, but Abraham. It was to be a mark of new beginnings. He took on a new name. From this moment, Abraham was to walk in faith, not knowing for sure, where God would lead him, but assured that he had been in tune with the Almighty, and that this was the One who would call the tune from here on.

This did not mean that Abraham would not make any more mistakes, and in fact, he made some big ones. But it did mean that he had the assurance that the Lord would be with him.

A Seminary student while typing a class essay, used the phrase, “Jesus has taken away my guilt.” His typewriter, however, typed a “q’ for the “g”. When the professor returned the paper, he had written alongside the student’s sentence…”Jesus has taken away my quilt,” the additional words, “It’s O.K. He has promised to send us a comforter.”

Yes, God can take away our mistakes, our guilts, as well as our quilts (“security blankets”) and He gives to us something infinitely better…Himself, the Holy Comforter.

I know that I will not always be able to walk before the Lord, blameless…but with God’s help, I’m surely going to try.