Back Up a Little Bit…

On the surface, these stories appear to be about Joseph, or about his brothers, or about Jacob. But really, this whole book, and every story in it, is about God the Father, the Creator, the Promiser, the LIFE lover, and Busted-Stuff-Repairer. Sometimes, you just have to back up a little bit to see it.

Not Yet Promises

Genesis 31  — 3 Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.” — 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 [...]

The Company He Keeps

I don’t see a moral here. I don’t see a lesson to be learned really. Nothing that I can apply to my life in order to be a better, happier, more productive person. If anything, I see scheming, distrustful, and manipulative personalities working overtime here.

But I see something else- God said Jacob would be the greater. Circumstances were stacked against it, but it happened. It was impossible, but it happened. So I can see that even when God appears to be making impossible promises, promises that my every experience with our reality denies feasibility to, they still happen.

When I See an Elephant…

Maybe you already know this, but I homeschool Boy#1. We’re about half-way though kindergarten. You know, the truth of the matter is the hardest part about homeschooling is just picking which of the bo-zillion curricula you’re going to use. We went to a seminar for homeschool educators and there was of course, a vendor’s hall, [...]