By Genesis 25, Abraham had died at the age of 175, and Isaac inherited all his flocks, servants, and personal wealth. Isaac is married to Rebekah, and they have twin boys, Jacob and Esau. The two siblings are at odds even before birth. Esau is the oldest, but Jacob comes out of the womb grasping …
Category: Bible Study
What’s On Your Timeline?
Most of us can look back to years past and remember a few significant events that changed the course of our lives. We could draw a timeline from birth to our (future) death and illustrate our stories by marking those events. Here is when we met our spouse. And here is when our first child …
Missing What’s Right In Front Of Us
Why is it we can have great blessings but fail to enjoy them because we are so distracted by wanting other things? What is it in our human nature that desires what we don’t have or envies what others have? These questions came to mind as I read Genesis 20-21. These chapters relate four events, …
The God Who Sees
One of my favorite things to do is curl up with a good book. I’ve always loved to read. I belong to two neighborhood book clubs, which are composed of all women. Because of that, I’ve read a lot of books over the past few years that tell the stories of women from different cultures …
Things Aren’t Always As They Seem
“Things aren’t always as they seem.” That’s a pretty common bit of wisdom, to which, I would guess, that every person reading this could attest. We have all experienced circumstances that seemed to be one way but turned out completely different than we thought they might. We know it—so why is it so easy to …
The Way Of The Word 