Thought

Sometimes we forget that the men and women in the Bible were real people with real feelings. They went through all the same kinds of things that you and I will go through in our lives: celebrations and sorrows, conflicts and reunions. Jacob received a great blessing from God—the passing on of the same promise that God had made to his father and grandfather. But then he also received the sad news of his beloved wife’s passing. It must have been a bittersweet moment when Jacob returned to the land of his father and grandfather with a big hole in his heart, but with great hope for what God might do with his family. Some days it is good to know that, whatever we are feeling, someone out in the world has felt that way too, and God always knows exactly what is on our hearts. Loving people means caring for them through all their feelings.