Blessed People

Reading plan for January 9th...

I stopped short in two places in Genesis 24, first I wonder about Laban... in verse 50 we realize that Bethuel (Rebekah and Laban's father) is alive and well.  For the life of me I cannot figure out why Laban was speaking for his parents.  He apparently was a meddler and aggravating even when he was younger!  I get no spiritual information about him that is worth pondering, so I move forward in Genesis 24...!  :-)

THEN... REBEKAH AND ISAAC... now that is a beautiful love scene when they met.  Makes my girl-giggles flow! In verse 63 Isaac was "meditating" out in his fields.  (I bet he was lonely with just his old papa.  His Mom was gone.  The tenderness was missed.  He was probably spilling his thoughts out to God.  By the way... this is only my version... I just imagined that part.) When Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, the bible says that she quickly dismounted the camel, asked who that (good looking) man was... again "good looking" was not in the text.  :-) When she was told who he was she quickly covered her face with her veil.  That part has to be understood from their customs. It was a symbol of betrothal in that era.  Nowadays if women did that they would be thought to be hiding a bad complexion. Anyway, I digress... again! After the servant told Isaac the whole story in verse 66, verse 67 tells us that Isaac took Rebekah into his mother's tent and she became his wife.  He loved her very much, and she was a special comfort to him after the death of his mother.  Who says God doesn't do romance?  God cares for the lonely.  God provides.  He has a plan.  When you lean on Him for your everything, he gives you the desires of your heart.  After all... He put the desires there in your heart!  God is awesome, isn't He?

But then I was to read Luke 9.  Why, oh why, are we to write on ONE verse a day?  There is so much meat to chew on!  So I allowed myself one more thing to write about today... Luke 9:13  But Jesus said, "You feed them."
And the disciples, of course, replied "impossible"! We all reply 'impossible' at one time or another in our Christian walk.  Moses did it.  I've done it.  You've done it.  In this case, as in all cases, Jesus tells us the "how". ..."Just tell them to sit down on the ground in groups of about 50 each." Jesus replied. (verse 14b)  Let Him be in charge of the outcome.  Just take it one step at a time.  One foot in front of the other.  And when you look back you realize the truth in "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". 
Blessings friends! We are a blessed people!