Jacob

Hey men,

Kristy and I just got back last night from a 10 day get away. Simply put - it was awesome! Glad to be back in town though. :)

These past couple days I've been ready the story of Jacob in the book of Genesis. Here is what I've noticed about him. He cheated his brother out of his birth right. He cheated that same brother out of the father's blessing. He tricked his father in law, Laban, by breeding the sheep in such a way that increased his flock and shrunk Laban's. My goodness even at birth he came out grasping his brothers heal and thus was given the name Jacob meaning "usurper." Yikes. What a scoundrel.

And yet this is the knucklehead that God chose to fulfill his promise to Abraham through. I would think that God would choose someone a bit more stable.

Yet Jacob's short comings are not the point. Rather God's grace, mercy, and crazy love is. God extends his blessing soley out of his grace and mercy and not based on human merit. God chooses to bless morons like Jacob. God blesses the most unlikely of people. God's kingdom is advanced by failable goofballs. God's love and blessing are unexplainable.

Here's something cool - we too are knucklehead, moronic, goofballs just like Jacob. Even better - all those cool things about God apply to us too. Cool.

Peace and Joy
Rob