Living a Life Worth Living – Writings by Robin McKinley
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
One of Jacob’s 12 sons was named Joseph. Joseph was called by God at an early age but didn’t know what that would look like for him. His brothers sent him down a path in life that was full of bad experiences. What Joseph needed to do was to make it through life’s difficult times. … 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