Day 6

Finally it's Friday!!! Tomorrow should be a super awesome/busy/tiring day so I'm going to read 2 days worth today in case I pass out right when I get home. Wish the GCC girls flag football team luck for tomorrow's 1st tourney and come support if you can!

Nov 6: Gen 24-25, 26-28
There are a bunch of stories in these 5 chapters that we are all pretty familiar with. Isaac marries Rebekah, Jacob and Esau are born, Jacob steals Esau's birthright etc etc...The one I want to focus on though is when Isaac goes to King Abimelech of the Philistines because of famine. Abraham actually visited King Abimelech for the same reason, famine, when he was alive. At that time, he lied to everyone and said Sarah was his sister instead of wife, in fear that the men there would kill him to get her because she was so beautiful. Isaac does the same exact thing in this chapter, he lies and says Rebekah is his sister because he thought someone might kill him for her. The first thing that crossed my mind was, how hot could these 2 women have been that Abraham and Isaac would lie out of fear of getting killed?? They were definitely blessed. Anyways, the point I wanted to capture is that we are so much like what our parents raise us to be. Instead of focus on the negatives or sins of my parents, I want to focus on how much of a light they have been to Carol, Ernie and me. They sacrificed so much for us, (we'd be millionaires if we didn't all play hockey) took us to church every week and instilled strong morals in us. As far as I know, both my siblings have strong spiritual lives and a lot of it comes from how much our parents gave us strong foundations to build off of. If I can mirror the love and faith my parents had to my future children, I know they will turn out just fine.