Too Good to be True

When I started to read chapters 17-24 from Genesis, I first thought on how lucky Abraham was. On what a good life he had because of his faith in God. Abraham had two sons, Isaac and Ishmael. He was blessed with the two of them and he loved them very much specially Isaac, the son of his wife Sarah. In those times, having a son was one of the greatest blessings or things that could happen to a family. Then Abraham was considered to be a very lucky man. This was due to his close relationship with God. Thanks to this, God helped him whenever he needed him and this made things easier for Abraham. But as most things in the world, sometimes they are too good to be true.
After Abraham lived his very happy and lucky life, he was asked by God something he didn't expect. God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, his favorite most loved son. "2] And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of."(Genesis 22 verse 2). This was something Abraham did not expect, something that he didn't thought that God, the one who had helped him with his life, will do to that him. To take away his most beloved son. To ask him to sacrifice him! Things were just going to well, now something bad had to happen.
Even though at the end this was just a test of God to proof Abraham's faith and loyalty to him, Abraham suffered very much during the process. He had a great life and then, an event was about to put an end to it. I believe that this story kind of tells how many times in life, things are going very good. But something you always have to learn about this is that there can be an event which can change this, an event which can lead things to go badly. And even though this devastating events may turn out good, always there will be a lot of suffering during the process.