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Abram had seen God’s faithfulness on more than one occasion, especially in Egypt.   Heading back to Canaan he is promised the land everywhere his eye can see.  Lot, Abram’s nephew, has followed him since Haran and has been blessed along side his Uncle because of God’s faithfulness to Abram (I will bless those who bless you).  With so much blessing from God, the two men have more livestock than the land can accommodate.  Gracious Uncle Abram offers Lot the choice of the land.  By what Lot sees (the green and fertile Valley of the Jordan), Lot chooses what seems like the choicest of land next to the cities of wicked men.  Abram humbly moves to Hebron, under the oaks of Mamre, a place in the opposite direction, understanding that God will provide for him and all of those with him.  This is the place that Abram settles and calls home for a time.

God gave Abram a place to call home - a place to dwell, raise livestock, and be a family of people.  I am aware of the leading of God, for us, to venture out and begin to look about the land of Rancho Cucamonga.  “This is the land I (God) have given you.”  Four years we have lived as nomads moving in and out of a school and a community center every week.  We have been a family of people living in the guest rooms of our city.  I believe God is going to give us a home of our own in our community.  In the months to come, I am asking Mosaic RC to begin praying that God woud lead us to that place He has set aside for us.  Like Abram at the “Oaks of Mamre,” it is time we began to set roots in Rancho Cucamonga.

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