by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 15, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 30:27 (NKJV) “And Laban said to him, ‘Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes, for I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake.’” Laban was being brutally honest by admitting that his blessings from God were because of...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 14, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 30:22 (NKJV) “Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.” It took time for Rachel to conceive eventually but she finally did because she kept waiting and praying. Despite the fact that she had asked her maid to bear her children...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 13, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 30:16 (NKJV) “When Jacob came out of the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, ‘You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.’ And he lay with her that night.” Sexual intercourse must never be merchandised and...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 12, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 30:2 (NKJV) “And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, ‘Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?’” Rather than give excuses, let us seek to provide answers for men. Yes, we recognize that it’s God who...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 11, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 29:32 (NKJV) “So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, “The Lord has surely looked on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me.”‘ Although Leah had delicate eyes and was obviously not as beautiful as Rachel,...
