Living a Life Worth Living – Writings by Robin McKinley
Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other children and this didn’t sit well with his brothers. As we unfold the story of Joseph we’ll see how God’s call developed in his life. Young Joseph had a couple of dreams that indicated that his brothers would one day bow down to him. This caused … Read more
Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born. Genesis 21:5 100 years old! I could not imagine raising a newborn at that age. But a year earlier the Lord promised that Sarah would give birth to a son. The Lord kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised. She became … Read more
One day as God looked over the entire earth, only one man found favor with Him. His name was Noah and this is his story. We tend to exaggerate every now and then, don’t we? But the Lord doesn’t. In the days of Noah, He could only find one righteous person. This is the account … Read more
God gave us our first mathematical equation in the second chapter of Genesis. He said one plus one equals one. He was talking about when two people, a man and a woman become one flesh. This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are … Read more
What does it mean when someone intercedes in prayer like Abraham did for Sodom? It’s when a person prays a pointed prayer on behalf of one or more people. Let’s look at why Abraham felt the need to intercede for Sodom. And why he made the following statement to the Lord. Surely you wouldn’t do … Read more
The moment Adam and Eve disobeyed God began the story of the fall of man. That fall created a sinful nature for every man and woman in the human race. This sinful nature drives humans to rebel against God. And it all started in the Garden of Eden when the serpent tricked Eve into questioning … Read more
Sometimes we find ourselves in quite a fix. No matter what we decide, nothing seems to work in our favor. For those reasons, we must always put our trust in the Lord. In fact, we can’t wait until life has dished us out more than we can handle. Instead, we must maintain a daily trust … Read more
Jacob was quite a character. He bought his brother Esau’s birthright for a cup of soup. Then through deception, Jacob worked it out so his father Isaac blessed him instead of Esau. Our verse for today begins the story of how it appeared that Jacob stole his brother’s blessing. Isaac requested for Esau to hunt, … Read more
A detour in life is one thing but getting stuck there is another. Let’s take a look at a detour in which Jacob got stuck in. About 13 years had passed since Jacob was told his son Joseph was dead. Maybe his other sons had even come to believe he was dead as well. Joseph … Read more
Sometimes we get in a fix that no matter what we decide, none of our choices work for us. Jacob found himself facing that very scenario. We can’t wait until life has dished us out more than we can handle. We have to trust God from the very beginning. Famine had overtaken the land and … Read more