Blogging Through The Bible- Genesis 27

This book has been hard. I've really struggled with the daily readings, and had to fight to keep on track. Normally, I love Genesis. I love seeing the groundwork the God lays for the coming Messiah, the beginning threads of the plan of salvation. It's beautiful!

But almost as soon as we started this book, my church launched a church-wide series going through "The Story" by Max Lucado. For those of you who aren't familier with it, the series takes 31 weeks and covers Genesis to Revelation. Huge. So that series started in Genesis the same time our reading in Genesis began and suddenly I was reading double passages, teaching those passages several times a week...it really becames a struggle to get into it.

This week God kicked my rear back into gear and by His grace I've been able to stay on track. Today's chapter, Genesis 27, made me consider something. Blessing.

The whole chapter is oriented around receiving this blessing. It's important to Esau because he immiedatly obeys his father to received it, and is grieved when he finds Jacob has taken the blessing. It's important to Rebekah, in fact important enough that she is willing to deceived her dying husband. It's imporant to Jacob, so important that he doesn't correct his mother's sin, he hops onborad and lies to his father's face! This must be some blessing!

This is not something that Isaac can take back once given. This is something special. It has elements of the promise God made to Abraham to "bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you" It provides authority over family members, prosperity, and a power among nations. This is a passing down of the promise God has made to their family, a gift from God.

So why are blessings so superficial to us?

We think of blessing as the equivalant of happiness. What would happen if we looked at it like Jacob and Esau did? How would that change us and out world?

 

Check out the awesome studies going on at Good Morning Girls!

Adventures in Preschool

A few weeks ago we started my daughter on a preschool curriculum. We did great for a week, and then ended up traveling out of state for a wedding, visiting some family and by the time we returned home we were way out of sync! Then apple season hit us hard and with the pints of apple butter and applesauce that we canned...preschool just wasn't happening.

It really didn't bother me too much, because this is life. Things come up, and schedules change. So for the last few weeks we haven't stuck to the schedule. But we have made a point to teach as we go. Any movies we watched were focused on letters or numbers and we started looking for our letters. When we shop, walk through the house or church we watch for letters. My daughter is even starting to point them out on her own!

The other day she pointed out the letter "L". Which we haven't touched on our curriculum. And she did the same thing last night at dinner, pointed out letters that we haven't taught her yet. So this morning, I tested her on what she does know.

All of the arrows are things my little girl DOESN'T know! I was very proud of her, and not so frustrated that we have been off schedule. So we're back to it now, and rethinking our strategy a little bit based on what she showed us today!

The other thing this does is really reaffirm our decision to homeschool our kids. This is NO reflection on our school system, but I was raised with a Christian education and so was my husband. With no Christian school in our area (not that we could afford it if there were...), homeschooling is the best option to get that education to our kids. And seeing how my daughter does without being in a "classroom" all day, I'm really glad we made this call!

Sneak Peek Saturday!

The Baby Griffin line is slow going- last weeks onesies are still on the machine, but looking awesome! Blackbirdwake has been hard at work and this week we have a shield to add to the line!

The fabric hasn't been added to the shop yet, but once testing is complete, these little babies will make some awesome pillows for adventurous little boys! Thanks for checking in!