by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 29:20 (NKJV) “So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her.” There’s nothing as fulfilling as working for a cause you believe in. Labor is sweet when the heart is involved, and the pains from...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 7, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 29:15 (NKJV) “Then Laban said to Jacob, ‘Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what should your wages be?’” Don’t use people because they are available to be used. Every laborer is worthy of his wages but...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 6, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 29:12 (NKJV) “And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative and that he was Rebekah’s son. So she ran and told her father.” Rachel was well trained like Rebekah was. It seemed like these girls had been properly brought up and they also had close...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 5, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 29:10 (NKJV) “…Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.” While the other shepherds were waiting for all the other sheep first to be gathered and then they will do a communal watering of...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 4, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 29:2 (NKJV) “And he looked, and saw a well in the field; and behold, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks. A large stone was on the well’s mouth.” The sheep were lying by the well, hoping and expecting to...
