by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 23, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 31:32 (NKJV) “‘With whomever you find your gods, do not let him live…” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.” Transparency at home is essential. It cannot be overemphasized that spouses need to be speaking openly and in details with each other;...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 22, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 31:29 (NKJV) “It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.”’ “Jehovah my Rock, my faithful Father & Friend, the Everlasting Defender, and Rescuer – I...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 31:15 (NKJV) “Are we not considered strangers by him? For he has sold us, and also completely consumed our money.” Our children notice things even if they do not speak out and we need to be careful about the things we do in their names. Leah and Rachel saw...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 20, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 31:6-7 (NKJV) “And you know that with all my might I have served your father. Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.” Jacob was just as crooked and deceptive as Laban, and as it is characteristic...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 19, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 31:3 (NKJV) “Then the Lord said to Jacob, ‘Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you.’” After all the crooked things Jacob had done, how can God still be speaking to him and promising to be with him? I would have...
