Genesis 29:14 KJV
And Laban
said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the
space of a month.
As I read this chapter my
mind returned to that day when his mother, fearing Esau's anger, sent him to
Haran for a few days. She assured Jacob that when things had settled down she
would send for him. Jacob went on his journey east and stayed with his uncle a
month. As far as the Bible tells us, Rebecca never did send for him. The way I
see it one of two things might have happened:
Rebecca never did send for him
Perhaps she never did feel
certain that Esau's anger had settled. Feelings of guilt for her part in the
deception may have distorted her own interpretation of Esau's spirit. Perhaps
Jacob looked and looked for that letter from home and it never came.
Jacob's interests compelled him to stay
We know he came to love
Rachel. What if a letter from mom did arrive but Jacob was too involved with
Rachel to return home? Maybe it was Rebecca who watched the horizon for her
beloved son, succumbing finally to death, disappointed at never seeing him
again.
We often make promises about
the future that we have no way of guaranteeing. The fact is all we know we have
is right now. Rebecca sent her son away during a terrible time of stress. They
never saw each other again and never made right what they had together done
wrong.
We have right now. Make right
now count.
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