So this section of Genesis is the story of Jacob as he leaves his home and finally returns home.
Most of Genesis and the stories of the patriarchs reads like a soap opera with jealousy, machinations, and lots of people doing wrong to themselves and each other. I find it interesting that what we would call massive character flaws... even downright pettiness, these are the people God chose to be His people.
Isn't that messed up? Well, then again... if they're that messed up and God blessed them, definitely blessing us and staying with us shouldn't be out of the question. That's kinda comforting in a strange way, no matter how crappy and horrendous things are, God still finds a way to bring us back to him.
Still pretty stressed lately but you know reading about the messed up problems of other people sometimes makes you feel better.
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