How do you react when life takes a turn in an unexpected and unwanted direction? When all your best laid plans are suddenly discarded, and the new normal is nothing like what you’d planned? Do you accept the new life, making the most of what you’ve been given, or do you resist, fighting it with every ounce of your being? Are you clamorous or contented?
In today’s episode of All God’s Women we look at Rachel and Leah, two sisters, caught up in a web of deceit by their father’s scheme, forced to live the rest of their lives as sister wives. Both were victims, but one moved on and made the best of a bad situation, and one remained a victim for the remainder of her days.
Scripture References
Genesis 29
Genesis 30:1-20
Genesis 31: 1-35
Genesis 35: 16-20
Helpful Resources
Women of the Bible by Ann Spangler and Jean E. Syswerda
Mothers of the Bible by Dena Dyer
When Life Doesn’t Match Your Dreams by Jill Eileen Smith
Every Woman in the Bible by Sue and Larry Richard
All the Women of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer
All of the Women of the Bible by Edith Deen
All the Women of the Bible by M.L. del Mastro
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