Wouldn’t it be nice if all of our shared experiences were about how much we all love Ice cream? Aisle 7… Or Pop-Tarts? Aisle 3… Or puppies? Wrong store…  If the only things to relate over included the words sunshine or sandy beaches or mountain getaway? Instead, I’m willing to bet that if you’re old enough to read this, you’ve been around long enough to know the sting of betrayal, the paralysis of bad news, the pain of a broken heart. It was like being ripped in two. In chapter 2 of Relentless, I discuss how in biblical times, contracts weren’t drawn up by legal teams and finalized in courts of law.  The people of God made covenants.  And these covenants were far more implicating than the shake-on-it’s we make today over wastepaper basketball for who’s buying lunch.  This truth leads us to ALTAR STONE #2: I want you to go back through your story and look for places where God has kept his promises to you. Perhaps you weren’t delivered from all harm, but where was he present with you in your suffering? In what ways has he been faithful to you, even when it was undeserved? When God made covenant with Abraham, he addressed the immediate, natural issue of Abraham’s fear. He reminded Abraham that God was his protector and his reward. Essentially saying, “Even if you lose everything else, you have me, and I’m the best thing that could ever happen to you.” How much do we need this good news today? Abraham’s response? To take God at his word. He believed God without even receiving any form of tangible evidence. Join me today as dig into this truth, that God will never walk away and break this bond, because he has made a promise bound in his own blood.