When Life Seems Out of Control

When Life Seems Out of Control

by | Apr 23, 2024 | Bitterness, Dependence, Elimelech, Famine, Grief, Inheritance in Bible times; importance of i. i. B. t., Kilion, Mahlon, Naomi, Ordinary; people o., Orpah, Ruth, Selfless love, Suffering, Widows

Ruth, Chapter 1 The book of Ruth shows us that God cares about ordinary people in everyday life. This story describes how God works through normal circumstances and everyday conditions, working out His sovereign plan with imperfect people. And these are people like...
Motherhood: What’s in a Name

Motherhood: What’s in a Name

by | Dec 31, 2023 | Childbearing; yearning for childbearing, Compensation for Leah, Competition, Conception, Control; being under God's control, Jealousy, Leah, Names; meaning of names, Rachel, Superstition

Genesis 29:31-30:24Part 3 of 3 As the years went by, Rachel held Jacob’s heart, but Leah bore his children. Few things can provoke a woman to jealousy more than seeing another woman have child after child, while she remains childless. The ability to conceive and bear...
Out of Control (Part 4 of 4)

Out of Control (Part 4 of 4)

by | Oct 3, 2022 | Becoming b., Bossy, Family relationships, how to know we are o. o. c., Losing f.r., Lying, Manipulating your husband, Out of control, Out tricked, Reaping what we sow, Strengths becoming weaknesses

Remember how Jacob went into his father’s tent and began to lie. In answer to his father’s question, he said, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done what you told me…” In answer to Isaac’s next question as to how he hunted and dressed the animal so quickly, Jacob...