Julie
Again, another hard one to really understand why everyone acts the way that they do or the reasoning behind why things are working out the way that they are. Although, there seems to be some karmic response here for Jacob as he is deceived in the same way that he deceived his father. So, it's almost as if he this is a lesson for him, although it doesn't really seem that he understands that or at least it is not mentioned that he notices that. I wonder if there is something available that would help to understand this book better, because I feel like this one is a hard one to wrap my head around in just all of the deceit and what seems to be wrongdoing. Or maybe I am thinking to hard about this...
Psalm 19 is another Psalm talking about the greatness that God provides to those that have faith in him.
Michelle
Ok, so I am with you. So far we are seeing that alot of blessed people are making stupid choices and doing stupid things. It is kinda making me angry at how some of these women are acting too. There is so much going on that doesn't make sense. Something that comes to mind is that it shows that God keeps his promises despite how we act, that even when we make bad choices we are still loved and forgiven. I don't understand why the deception from Laban to Jacob. But it's interesting that at this point they take many wives. But in this story the wives are all jealous of each other and think they can gain favor by having more kids. There is just always so much deception going on. I am finding it interesting that God speaks to those that don't believe and then they change their tune toward those they are harming or persecuting. I am trying to understand this as well.
I agree this psalm is about God's greatness. I made me think of nature and the awe that comes from things I experience when in nature. It reminds me of that song So will I, 100 billion times. This made me think of that song and what I see when I hear it.
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