tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post4210935247278048225..comments2023-10-10T09:00:17.772-05:00Comments on Internet Cafe: Cafe ChatUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-49067867816477207412009-10-31T19:19:14.945-05:002009-10-31T19:19:14.945-05:00Kim - you always give us some thought-provoking qu...Kim - you always give us some thought-provoking questions. You certainly keep me on my toes.<br /><br />My first thoughts were sympathy to Rachel, as she was barren for so many years. I guess my not having children caused me to sympathize with her. Then I thought of Leah and how she must have felt, knowing Jacob favored Rachel and her children. <br /><br />I have strong feelings about people showing favoritism as my grandmother was a person who had her favorites. Suffice to say, I wasn’t the favorite. Still I know she loved me in her own way. So, I guess I’m saying I sympathize with both women for different reasons. <br /><br />It’s funny that Jacob was tricked into marrying Leah, as he was also a trickster. I wonder how he felt when circumstances were reversed.Joan Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16430939897829160498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-9574100029651227312009-10-30T11:53:51.832-05:002009-10-30T11:53:51.832-05:00Wow, again you amaze me Kim with a fantastic and t...Wow, again you amaze me Kim with a fantastic and thought provoking question. I am going to answer this on my blog as well but I will answer in two parts. To read more, click on the link to my blog. <br /><br />I too have wondered how a man could be so fooled? I know that the sovereignty of God is always above our own understanding. <br /><br />Imagine a man loving you so much that he is willing to work first, 7 years to have your hand; then another 7? What must that kind of passion and disappointment do to a heart? I also think of how it might make me feel to see my sister's heart break each day...or perhaps to watch my sister married to the man I dream of. Of course we have no knowledge of the relationship between Leah and Rachel...<br /><br />Then I think of Leah. I can't think of many things that would be as hurtful as being married to a man who does not want you...to bear children by a man who can't love them fully. When I relate this to my own story (of course very different) - might it be a little like finally getting to the place of my husband's salvation only to realize that while he has committed to it, he has no intention of living for Christ? While all of my dreams are before me (with his salvation at hand), might I live my life heartbroken that my expectations and dreams of our life together, equally yoked - are shattered? All that to say nothing of how Jacob must have felt...<br /><br />I will think on this through out the day dear friend. Thank you for this question, and blessings from Canada.Laurel@FromMyHeartToYourshttp://laurelsheart.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-1217019816905882222009-10-29T15:47:12.545-05:002009-10-29T15:47:12.545-05:00I feel sorry for Jacob, Leah, and Rachel. It'...I feel sorry for Jacob, Leah, and Rachel. It's hard to know whether Leah played some part in this deception or if her father forced her to marry Jacob. I've also wondered if Jacob hadn't had a little too much to drink at the wedding feast. Surely the veil would come off at some point, wouldn't it? Interesting thoughts. The answer is, I don't know. It's no fun to feel unloved, but it's no fun to be tricked or lied to either. Laban's sin of greed, wanting Jacob's labor for twice as long had long lasting effects. Joseph and Benjamin were favored by Jacob because they were Rachel's. Jacob's favoritism toward Joseph caused his brothers' envy to be aroused against him, but we know that even in that God was sovereign. As Joseph was able to say to his brothers that they meant it for evil, but God meant it for good, perhaps the same could be said of Laban. He meant it for evil (exploitation), but God meant it for good.Celeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04958942308350578991noreply@blogger.com