How do you react when life takes a turn in an unexpected and unwanted direction? When all your best laid plans are suddenly discarded, and the new normal is nothing like what you’d planned? Do you accept the new life, making the most of what you’ve been given, or do you resist, fighting it with every ounce of your being? Are you clamorous or contented?
In today’s episode of All God’s Women we look at Rachel and Leah, two sisters, caught up in a web of deceit by their father’s scheme, forced to live the rest of their lives as sister wives. Both were victims, but one moved on and made the best of a bad situation, and one remained a victim for the remainder of her days.
Show Notes
The year 2020 opened with great promise. Then before we knew what was happening, we were all hit with a plot twist that none of us could have foreseen. Now we each have a choice to make. We can accept this new normal, make the most of our current situation, and praise God for our blessings. Or we can forevermore clamor about the unfairness of life. We can blame others, we can envy those around us, we can ultimately blame God.
The choice is ours to make.
You may feel mistreated or unloved. You may, in fact, be mistreated and unloved by those around you. But please know that you are not alone. God is with you and He loves you very much. He alone can provide you the contentment that you desire so desperately.
In these days of trials and tribulation, turn your eyes to Him and to Him alone.
Show Notes
Scripture Focus
Genesis 29
Genesis 30:1-20
Genesis 31: 1-35
Genesis 35: 16-20
Helpful Resources
Women of the Bible by Ann Spangler and Jean E. Syswerda
Mothers of the Bible by Dena Dyer
When Life Doesn’t Match Your Dreams by Jill Eileen Smith
Every Woman in the Bible by Sue and Larry Richard
All the Women of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer
All of the Women of the Bible by Edith Deen
All the Women of the Bible by M.L. del Mastro
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