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Sunday, January 10, 2010

January 10 ... Genesis 30 - 31 "Live Now in Tension Between Anguish and Hope"

Gen. 30:6 - Here's Rachel explaining her actions as truth, saying "God took my side and vindicated me." So Jacob slept with Bilhah. It was cultural norms. Circumstances turning out right do not prove the will of God. Some Religions don't want Christianity to invade culture. It INVADES. HE reminds: Gen 31:12 "I see all that Laban did to you...I am the God of Bethel where you made your vow." I think this morning of all the vows all of us have made before God. God sees what's happening in our lives. I may not like what's happening... but HE sees it and HE will take care of it someday. One day, HE will right every wrong. I have to let go. "You must live now in the tension between A.N.G.U.I.S.H. and H O P E." 66 Love Letters. One Fine Day!
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  1. ToknowhimJanuary 10, 2010 at 6:42 PM

    So far I am on track with the reading... I want to stay focused and continue this journey...

    It is amazing how I learn something new when I reread a story I have heard many, many times.

    Love ya Bev...

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  2. --micheleJanuary 10, 2010 at 7:21 PM

    Is it a God-thing?

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  3. twinkleJanuary 10, 2010 at 9:09 PM

    "Jacob answered Laban, "I was afraid. I thought you would take your daughters away from me by brute force. But as far as your gods are concerned, if you find that anybody here has them, that person dies."

    Jacob spoke these powerful words, not realizing that Rachel...his beloved bride, Rachel...had stolen the gods.


    This really "stinketh" to me. Not only is Laban idolatrous, but it appears Rachel is, too. And I know what's about to happen to Rachel but I won't give it away.

    I wonder if Laban was chasing them because they had left him...or if he wanted his gods back.

    And so many times God was speaking in these two chapters.

    Do you think God still speaks to us today in dreams?

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  4. annie's eyesJanuary 11, 2010 at 10:22 AM

    On Bev's comment about Christianity INVADING, I remember how hard the Episcopal church tried to convince the new believers in Africa that God wanted them to have one wife and be faithful. Only a few years later, American Episcopalian bishops are ordaining gay priests and bishops. (I was part of the Episcopal church for 17 years and I still love the way Episcopalians worship and MISS it very much.) Christ must INVADE every aspect of every life surrendered to Him. It isn't a pick and choose kind of thing. Sold out souls clean the idols out of closets, and ask God to purify their lives to remain in Him. God will take care of it and right those wrongs--our own and others'. Until then, we can rest knowing that. But it doesn't mean it won't hurt. Hope is a wonderful thing, though--one really fine Day, indeed.

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