God has revealed so much truth to me through the life of Leah. Leah, the unloved one, the overlooked one. She was taken for granted and deemed unworthy and useless by her father. Her father didn't believe in her, her husband didn't esteem her, yet God took what seemed to be useless and He used it. His son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ came from Leah's seed. God delights in taking the unlovely, the "least of these" and doing great things through us. We were all Leah at some point in life. We all felt left behind, hurt, broken and defeated. We've all been unloved and neglected at some point our walk. Let's choose to praise as Leah did-she named her son Judah! You see, her entire life seemed to be a process, a work in progress; so to speak. Yet, she named her son Judah. So let's praise our Heavenly Father too, let's praise Him in the midst of the pain and know that victory will come. Victory came to Leah in the end. She was buried along with Jacob's relatives-Rachel, his beloved was not. Could it be that Jacob began to see the prize he had in Leah? Amongst Jacobs dying words were, "And there I buried Leah." So let's live on-don't quit when things become difficult, we serve an amazing God who is quite able to make things better in His time. Let's choose to praise Him in the midst of our struggle, praise Him. Genesis 29-49
Friday, March 21, 2008
This is Funny!
What do you do all day?
A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard.
The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog. Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall.
In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a Cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing.
In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.
He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened.
He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls.
As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went.
He looked at her bewildered and asked, 'What happened here today?'
She again smiled and answered, 'You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world I do all day?'
'Yes,' was his incredulous reply.
She answered, 'Well, today I didn't do it.'
A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard.
The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog. Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall.
In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a Cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing.
In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.
He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened.
He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls.
As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went.
He looked at her bewildered and asked, 'What happened here today?'
She again smiled and answered, 'You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world I do all day?'
'Yes,' was his incredulous reply.
She answered, 'Well, today I didn't do it.'
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