• Psalms 30:11-12
You
have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
you
have loosed my sackcloth
and
clothed me with gladness,
that
my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
O
Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
• Genesis 27:41-28:9
I
am fascinated by this passage regarding Isaac and Jacob, and what it doesn’t
say about Esau. We know already that Isaac preferred his son Esau to his son
Jacob, and yet this blessing he gives to Jacob today of his own free will, and
he sends him with the blessing that he have the promises of Abraham, he and his
offspring after him. And next thing you know, Esau, who has already married a
women who grieves his parents, marries someone that Isaac expressly tells Isaac
not to marry. Oh, I am confused, why is it that Esau is doing these things to
bother his parents on purpose? He has been wronged in his mind (and maybe in
ours if we look at it from this distance) and yet all he seems to be interested
in is himself and if he feels the least bit slighted he is off to hurt others.
And an Ishmaelite – isn’t this Isaac’s half brother’s children? Or did I miss
something?
Today’s
readings: Psalm 30, Genesis 27:41-28:9, 2 Chronicles 4, Luke 20:45-21:38
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