Like father, like son...

Genesis 26:1-7 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines. And the Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” So Isaac settled in Gerar. When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because she was attractive in appearance. Isaac seems in many ways like his father Abraham - good and bad alike. He listened when God spoke to Him and went where he was told. But he also had the same fears and failures. As I look at my sons, I see how they all do many things I have done or wanted to do so much better than I ever could. But on rare occasion I see them struggle with some of the same things I did, and I know - they are truly my sons; they learned that from me. May we never deny the influence we have on our children, for bad, or for good.