Is anything too wonderful? [Proper 6A - Genesis 18:1-15
The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson Genesis 18:1-15 Is anything too wonderful? It was hot in the desert . Blazing hot . One could smell the stale brine of the Dead Sea from Mamre . And in that suffocating heat, one could also feel a hint of the death for which the sea was named . It was not the most hospitable place . The heat is why Abraham was sitting at the entrance of his tent . There was no possibility of air conditioning, no refresh ing glass of ice d tea in his weather ed hand . But the entrance of the tent at least provided some shade and an occasional breeze . You could survive there – and that was saying something . As he sat and sweltered, Abraham looked out over the vast expanse of sand . He let his mind wander as he watched the air melt above the scorching surface . There was nothing else out there – nothing to see except sand and heat. Until there was something . That is when he saw them: three men walking in his general direction .