Genesis 37:21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said. Have you ever noticed that sometimes what we think and say when we follow our first impulse is not always the best course of action? We have a tendency to overreact, go too far,Continue reading “Genesis 37:21 Overreaction”
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Genesis 33:10 Acceptance
Genesis 33:10 “No, please!” said Jacob. “If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably. So many people walk through life wondering if they matter to anyone. They don’t feel like theyContinue reading “Genesis 33:10 Acceptance”
Genesis 31:42 Yes and No
Genesis 31:42 “If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.” Yes and no! Some people live inContinue reading “Genesis 31:42 Yes and No”
Genesis 27:46 Getting Your Way
Genesis 27:46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land, from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.” Do the ends justify the means? It can be easy, as we have seen repeatedlyContinue reading “Genesis 27:46 Getting Your Way”
Genesis 26:34 Rejecting Blessing
Genesis 26:34 When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. I amazes me how many people will reject a blessing. The blessing can be right there in front of them, but they don’t seize it. They would rather allow the fruitContinue reading “Genesis 26:34 Rejecting Blessing”
Genesis 24:5 What if?
Genesis 24:5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?” Life is full of questions. One of the most troubling in so many circumstances is the “What if?” question. When things goContinue reading “Genesis 24:5 What if?”
Genesis 21:14 Carried on Shoulders
Genesis 21:14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba. Carrying things on the shoulders and backs is theContinue reading “Genesis 21:14 Carried on Shoulders”
Genesis 16:2 Promises?
Genesis 16:2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said. The people we listen to at critical moments in our lives can often alter the course of our lives for eitherContinue reading “Genesis 16:2 Promises?”
Genesis 12:6-8 Trees
Genesis 12:6-8 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD, who hadContinue reading “Genesis 12:6-8 Trees”
Genesis 8:21 Never Again
Genesis 8:21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done. One of the most challenging things toContinue reading “Genesis 8:21 Never Again”
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