Any
father… must finally give his child up to the wilderness and trust to the
providence of God. It seems almost a
cruelty for one generation to beget another when parents can secure so little
for their children, so little safety, even in the best circumstances. Great faith is required to give the child
up, trusting God to honor the parents’ love for him by assuring that there will
indeed be angels in that wilderness.
--Marilynne
Robinson, Gilead
Image source: James Tissot, Isaac Bears the Wood for His Sacrifice (1902),
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