While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. Genesis 29:9 NASB Shepherdess – Today is my daughter’s birthday. I remember with incredible clarity the day she was born. I was there when she took her first breath. So tiny, so fragile—and loved beyond anything I could have imagined. This was, and is, one…
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. Genesis 29:9 NASB Shepherdess – Today is the birthday of my daughter, Rachel. On this day of celebration, I want to look at her name and a verse that talks about her character. It’s the story of Jacob’s…
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. Genesis 29:9 NASB Shepherdess – Today is the birthday of my daughter, Rachel. On this day of celebration, I want to look at her name and a verse that talks about her character. It’s the story of Jacob’s…
So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban for another seven years. Genesis 29:30 ESV More than– Why does Jacob love Rachel more than Leah? Leah is devoted to Jacob. Leah gives Jacob many sons so obviously he didn’t maintain sexual distance from her. Leah pleads for his…
The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. Genesis 2:22 NASB Brought– When I wrote Guardian Angel, I thought the title would be The Perfect Enemy. My thinking was this: God brings into the lives of husbands precisely those wives who act as polishing stones, grinding away…
Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons; Genesis 44:27 NASB My wife– Sometimes we just read over critical details in the text because we know the stories so well. As a result, we don’t experience the emotional impact in the text. We end up with the Sunday school version—theologically…
My daughter, Rachel, whom many of you know from her stories from Zambia and the Philippines, is currently finishing her degree in International Political Economy and Global Development. Her career interests are in environmental protection and conservation/preservation policy and its effects on culture. She is available to work or volunteer as a intern between May…
My daughter Rachel just returned from a volunteer experience in Manila. She worked with a literacy program in the Manila slums. During that time she met a young woman named Marlene. Marlene was born with deformities of both hands and feet. As a result, she has never had shoes (at age 27) and she finds…
For those who want to share some of the sights aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and a few pictures of Rachel, me and her airplane, here’s the link.
Here’s a very personal request. My daughter, Rachel, will be arriving on the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis in Kuala Lumpur about the first week of October. She will have some shore leave after 30 days at sea and she would like to spend some time with people who live there, especially if they are…
