45 “Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’
The entire chapter is like a documentary of God's plan unfolding exactly as it was laid out. I don't have any great takeaways, but I noted the instant ask/response to prayer that occurs here. This probably isn't the norm, but it sure would be nice to get such clear answers to prayer. Maybe I do and I'm still not listening, maybe I don't but its because I am not in constant conversation. I'm sure I don't pray with the true expectation of clear response. I had been keeping a prayer journal, but that has stopped for over a year now. I'm thinking its time to start again as soon as I hit publish here.
ok--so when i started typing I had nothing to so and now I'm thinking its time to re-energize my prayer journal. How did this happen?
Oh one other thing--what the heck is up with putting your hand under a guys thigh? there are a number of writeups on this topic--not sure I believe any of them. Did you know that testify is a related word to testicles? deep thoughts by Jack Handy.
I'm out and over to my prayer journal.
knut
I think a prayer journal is a FANTASTIC idea! I did that for a while, and then just kinda stopped for some reason. I found that as I wrote.....it gave me time to think about the words I was putting down. I did feel like it was more meaningful and kept me more on track than just talking in my head. That might be something I need to get back to.
ReplyDeleteAs I was reading this. I was struck by how willing all these "Genesis" people are to follow God's direction. Its pretty inspiring. Whether it be Abraham willing to sacrifice Isaac, to Abraham's servant here. It's a real lesson in faith and humility.
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