11 Isaac getting strong

1. The LORD's promise to Abraham started to show now -- Isaac and his people became prosperous. As someone pointed out, it seems that Isaac and Rebekah were not good parents, because each of them favored one of the twin boys. This caused lots of troubles between Israelites and Edomites in years to come.

2. Two more miracles Jesus did: Calming the storm and driving out of daemons.

3. Surely the LORD never hide himself from the helpless.

4. "Do not be wise in your own eyes", please help me memorise this verse!

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創世記 24:52-26:16
以撒娶利百加後生以掃和雅各雙胞胎。做父母的以撒和利百加對倆孩子各有偏愛。
以掃輕看長子名分，因為一碗紅豆湯的緣故，將長子的名分賣給雅各。 --- 我們要以次為教訓，不要為了眼前利益和肉體的欲望輕視神的法規和祝福。

馬太福音 8:18-8:34
我們的耶穌基督是平靜風浪的主，是救贖百姓並醫病趕鬼行神跡的主，是榮耀的君王，可是，‘耶穌說，狐狸有洞，天空的飛鳥有窩，人子卻沒有枕頭的地方。’--- 內心深深地被震動！ 淚水忍不住地流。。。。。。主啊，你的愛何等的長闊高深，我無法測度！主啊，我是何等的罪人，是這樣的不配，你卻先愛了我，為為生，為我受苦，為我舍棄一切，還為我受盡鞭傷，為我死，還為我複活。。。主啊，我愛你，盡管我不配！我愛你，我願意跟從你！我全人全心都屬於你，就求你更新改變我吧，讓我更像你，讓我更愛你，為要讓你滿足，讓你喜悅---這是我的承諾，求你監察我，保守我，一生一世愛你不變！

詩篇 10:1-10:15
大衛在困苦中呼求耶和華的拯救和審判。

箴言 3:7-3:8
不要自以為有智慧。要敬畏耶和華，遠離惡事。
這便醫治你的肚臍，滋潤你的百骨。---- ！！。。。耶和華神是又真又活的，他是智慧和力量的源泉，他赦免我們一切的罪孽，醫治我們一切的疾病。我們一定要敬畏他，熱愛他，感謝他，讚美他！！！

荒漠甘泉 01/11
神安慰我們，不是要我們享受安慰，乃是要我們作安慰的使者。——神啊，求你陶造我，磨練我，讓我成為使人得安慰的人，這是我的禱告。

[~蓑笠翁]

Personally, I don't like Jacob too much. He played several tricks now and then. I didn't see the link between God's blessing and birthright. Esau was a simple person and didn't think too much only. Jacob just took advantage of the weaknesses of his brother.

Psalm: How evil these people are! God won't forget the helpless.

Proverbs: This is the true wisdom: to fear God and run away from the evils!

[寒江雪~]

To 提摩太: Thanks for your explaination. Esau would get punishment later… I guess because of his careless for God's blessing :)

[提摩太]

Thanks for sharing, 寒江雪~ .
Birthright is very important. For Israelites, the first born is entitled to inherit double portion than other children. Here the birthright is more symbolic. Esau despised his birthright in order for some soup. My understanding is he didn't take God's blessing seriously.

[寒江雪~]

Genesis 24:52-26:16
1.Rebekah and Isaac meet and marry in today's readings! I like this story, it’s beautiful. Also like Italian painter G.B. Castiglione's oil painting "Meeting of Rebekah and Isaac"- looks so romantic:)
2.Esau sold his birthright to Jacob.
Question:
Why those two brothers sold/bought the birthright? Was the birthright important?
3.Isaac made the same mistake as his father.

Matthew 8:18-34
"Calming the storm" was the famous miracles Jesus did.
I saw a very good painting before about this story.

Proverbs 3:7-8
Like this one: "Do not be wise in your own eyes"!