In Genesis 12-15 we're introduced to Abram and Sarai. Abram is part of Terah's story, who is part of Shem's story, who is part of....enough already...
References to children are missing in a lot of Bible stories but in the first part of this particular story not having children - not being able to have children is a driving element. You can look at all the historical and cultural factors (the most obvious being no children, no story - the story ends) but if you ask "where were the children," even though we don't hear about them, they were a driving force here - their absence was a force to be reckoned with, as it were. And, yes, God used it.
Take children and every child/seed related reference totally out of that story. What's missing? What's left?
The scriptures are God's story. We're part of His story. We listen, we read. Yes, we learn about ourselves but we learn about God. Asking "where were the kids" I don't want to lose sight of that. He's the hero. He's the teacher. Does God cause things to happen or is life just full of opportunities to get to know God better? I don't know.
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