WEEK 8
We have been learning about Abraham. God promised Abraham that he would give him a very big family and that God would rescue his people though Abraham’s family. God kept his promise and Abraham had a son, Isaac. Last time we read that Abraham loved God more than anything else. We also memorized a verse about Abraham.
Abraham’s son Isaac also had sons. Their names were Jacob and Esau. Abraham’s family was growing just as God had promised. In the story today, Jacob gets married. Have you ever been to a wedding?
Leah’s son Judah would have children and they would have children and they would have children and one of those children’s children would be Jesus. God had chosen Leah’s family to be the family through whom he would rescue his people. God often chooses people we would not. God often sets his love on and does amazing things through people who are not loved, not wanted, not attractive, and not popular — just like Leah and just like Jesus.
PRAY
Thank God that he often sets his love on and does amazing things through people who are not loved, not wanted, not attractive, and not popular — just like Leah and just like Jesus.
Say a prayer and add a prayer ribbon at the church!
Genesis 50:20 — ‘You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good.’
The amazing thing about God is that he can bring good out of things that seem to us very bad. There is a verse in Genesis about that.
