It's Complicated -Exploring Life's Difficuties......
The author takes a hard look at everyday problems, and their impact on human lives; and offers possible solutions.
The author takes a hard look at everyday problems, and their impact on human lives; and offers possible solutions.
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It’s <strong>Complicated</strong>: <strong>Exploring</strong> Life Difficulties and Finding Divine Serendipity<br />
(3) Stolen Birthright – Jacob tricked his<br />
brother Esau into selling his birthright for a bowl<br />
of soup. Then orchestrated by his mother, Jacob<br />
used disguise to get his father Isaac’s blessings.<br />
Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright<br />
now.” Esau said, “I am about to die; of<br />
what use is a birthright to me?<br />
The complication was<br />
that Esau was the<br />
rightful heir to the<br />
blessing but lost that place when he traded it with<br />
his brother and did not tell his father about the<br />
deal. When Esau found out what Jacob had done<br />
he plotted to kill him after mourning his father’s<br />
death. Jacob had to go hide out with his uncle<br />
Laban in Haran. It took 22 years before the<br />
brothers would meet again.<br />
(4) Murder – It became complicated when<br />
Moses the Jew, who was raised by an Egyptian<br />
King, had to kill an Egyptian slave master to save a<br />
fellow Jew from abuse. He was forced to flee to<br />
Midian from where God later called Moses to<br />
return to Egypt and take a stand against Pharaoh<br />
to free the people of Israel out of slavery.<br />
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