Saturday Sisters - Rebekah

Since Lent began this week, i decided to offer a Saturday Sister to focus on putting God first.  i've never been part of a Lent celebrating church, but i understand that's the point, that we put God first, and a year-round good one it is.

Now Isaac loved Esau,
because he had a taste for game,

but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Genesis 25:28

Genesis 24; 25:21-34; 26:1-28:10

  Rebekah was a strong woman. No one could say she didn't know her own mind. And physically, she could water ten camels - thirsty camels, that had been through the desert - without hesitation.
  When the stranger, her relative's servant, invited her to come with him to marry a man she'd never met, and become part of God's plan for all time, she was ready.

  Now, not in ten days.

  When she finally met Isaac, it was love at first sight, and it was lasting love.
  Of none of the other patriarchal couples was it said, "he loved her."

  Actually, this family had a lot of good things going for it.
  And what Rebekah got wrong, she got wrong for the right reasons.
  After all, hadn't God promised that, "the older shall serve the younger" brother?
 And she was just helping God along. . . .

  But she was still wrong. Sin is sin, and the consequences were dire.

. . . for you shall not worship any other god,

for the LORD, whose name is Jealous,

is a jealous God. . .

Exodus 34:14

Rebekah was a bold, strong-minded woman,

but when her passion for God turned into a passion for her son, she decided any means justified the end.