"The disciple of today needs to learn the double lesson [of Abraham going into Egypt without God's direction]. Once concessions are made to the demands of worldly self-interest, further demands are bound to arise, making further concessions almost inevitable, and one swims with enfeebled stroke against an ever stronger current. Also, let it be noted how extraordinarily difficult it is to sort out some problems in life when one is already part of the problem. All the more reason, then, why such situations should be envisaged beforehand and dispassionately resolved as in the sight of God." ~Abraham: Father of the Faithful, p. 27