Humility Makes Us Useful

Luke 1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her The Christmas story begins with a ministering spirit, an angel named Gabriel. Luke 1:26 says that Gabriel was “sent from God unto a...

Patience and Humility for the Big Picture

Genesis 36:43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites Recently I was reading a PhD about what we can learn about history through DNA. If you trace how he...

Stuck between a Rock and a Hard Place?

Genesis 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed Have you ever been stuck between a rock and a hard place? You can’t move forward or retreat because it is...

Envy Fails to Account for God

Genesis 30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die Imagine sharing your spouse with your sibling, both of you married to the same person. That is absurd and obscene. What you...