Today is 7/10/2022 and Today we are highlighting some ‘faith-full’ females from the bible. Five, in fact; in order to receive full credit for your answer, you must provide the name of each of the 5 Sisters!!
Have Fun with These💕
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Our parents were dead, yes both father and mother
Dad had no sons, so we each lacked a brother
Without a male heir, who could stake our dad’s claim
There was no male left to preserve daddy’s name
Though dad was rebellious and had died in his sin
His portion was promised before we entered in
No husbands had we, to provide nor support
So as sisters, we took our complaints to the court
The Lord heard our case and His decision prevailed.
God is no respecter of persons, whether female or male.
-He charged them and said to them, I am to be gathered to my [departed] people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, In the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre in the land of Canaan, that Abraham bought, along with the field of Ephron the Hittite, to possess as a cemetery. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I (Jacob) buried Leah (Genesis 49:29-30)
Hey Neighbor!
It’s Tuesday 3/29/2022 and I have Your Super-Faith Sunday Answer From 3/27:
Who is She??
She was Leah and Here is her Story!!
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In the dark of night, she was smuggled into the marriage bed by her Father, Laban. But what would be her new husband’s response, at daybreak when he found the ‘other sister’ lying next to him instead of Rachel??
In the morning, Jacob was angry and he took his wrathful complaint to Laban, who promised him his youngest daughter to wife also – the sister that Jacob adored and had labored 7 years for. Yes!! Rachel was that sister that Jacob’s heart yearned for- She was the much prettier, and preferred sister.
Now Scripture tells us that Leah, the older sister, had ‘weak eyes,’ yet they were strong enough to look upon her husband adoringly. You see, Leah loved Jacob, but he despised her. She had been humiliated by him, causing the light in her eyes to grow dimmer – day by day; But God saw her affliction and blessed Leah with a strong and fertile womb.
Rachel was indeed beautiful, but she was yet barren. God had closed her womb and Rachel could not understand this. She was quite unhappy and she blamed her husband, quarreling and faulting Jacob – even calling for death upon herself!!
-WHEN RACHEL saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I will die! (Genesis 30:1)
Instead of approaching God in prayer for deliverance, Rachel made undue demands of her husband, but Jacob emphatically reminded Rachel that it was God Who had prevented her from bearing children- not him!!
Still, Rachel grew more and more envious of Leah’s fruitfulness and She was tormented as Leah bore Jacob more children – one after the other!!
First came Rueben- See a Son!
Then came Simeon- God hears!
Still seeking to acquire Jacob’s love and attention, as her true marital partner, Leah then bore him Levi- Companion!
Unfortunately, Leah was yet despised and still humiliated!!
Next came Judah!!
Why Judah??
Again she conceived and bore a son, and she said, Now will I praise the Lord! So she called his name Judah [praise]; (Genesis 29:35)
Judah means Praise!!
You see Leah learned to redirect her focus- she had been desperately seeking the love of her husband, which had not profited her.
So now, Leah sought after God!!
The One who had Seen her tears in the dark and Heard her cries in the night!!
In her Praise, Leah found that she had now acquired contentment, and she was able to focus on the joy of motherhood!!
For those who are familiar with this story- these two ‘sister-wives’ go back and forth – in the spirit of competition, trading and exchanging Jacob like he was a Breeding Stud!! – even exchanging their handmaids as surrogate mothers.
From that union- Jacob produced 4 more sons. Two each, with his wive’s handmaids- Bilhah and Zilpah. These sons were named, Dan and Naphtali (Bilhah); and Gad and Asher (Zilpah).
Leah once again returns to the Lord in prayer, and the Lord blesses her womb and she bore Jacob a 5th son- Issachar (Hired)
Where did she get that name?? That’s another story for another day- Yes! We will need hot tea for that one…🫖
Now, at some point in the marriage, Jacob begins to spend more of his evenings, after work in Leah’s tent with the boys. Maybe God had begun to soften his heart towards Leah.
Jacob had obviously taken more of an interest in Leah- beyond her beauty- or lack thereof, because Leah become pregnant again!!
She bore Jacob a 6th son, and she called him -Dwelling (Zebulun.)
Still Jacob must have continued on, hanging around @ Leah’s tent. Was she beginning to grow on him??
Well maybe so….because Leah was pregnant again!! This time with their 7th child!!
Together, Leah and Jacob finally had a baby girl. They called her Dinah!!
Yes! The Lord does finally open Rachel’s womb and gives her a son by Jacob. This was Jacob’s beloved son, Joseph-‘the son of his old age,’ and Rachel called him- ‘May He Add.’
God does indeed add one more son to Rachel, at her pleading- but unfortunately, Rachel dies in childbirth, having their 2nd son, Benjamin whom she calls- son of my sorrow!!
Jacob and Leah grieved and mourned for Rachel and they buried her in Bethlehem.
Rachel had lived her life threatening and demanding that her womb be filled- even desperately using her maid as a substitute and a surrogate so that she might bear Jacob a son and to finally prevail against her sister, Leah.
Leah copied Rachel’s ungodly tactic, but Leah had been watching her husband on those days when he dwelled in her tent. And through those ‘weak eyes,’ she saw Jacob’s prayer life and she learned much about Jacob’s God.
Through Jacob, Leah learned how to pray and how to Bless God for His overflow!!
She realized that God had blessed her with each of her 7 children, and she was grateful to Him. She even remarked, after Asher and Gad were born; that she was Happy that Victory and Fortune had prevailed in her life!!
-And Leah said, I am happy, for women will call me blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied); and she named him Asher [happy]. (Genesis 30:13)
Leah believed that God had called her, Blessed!!
And she believed that others would call her, Blessed of Women!!
Indeed she was- and though Leah was not directly listed as a Matriarch of the Messiah, she was the Mother of ‘Praise’-Judah, through whom the The Christ Child, called Savior would someday descend and thus Bless the World!!
Leah had fought a long and arduous battle for the love of her husband, Jacob…and we may never know if she truly won that battle, But instead, and Better yet- She Indeed Gained the Love of God!!
Leah fought the Good Fight of Faith!!💕💕
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Until Next Time, Remember…
God Loves 💕You and So Do I!!
-Tam
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Now we are still in the Book of Genesis where we are spotlighting another ‘faith-full’ female in the Bible who had been dealt a difficult hand in life, but she did not throw her cards in, nor did she give-up!!
She fought the Good Fight of Faith!!
Here is Today’s Super Faith Female:
Who is She??
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She was the first born daughter to her sheep herding father. Tradition was such that the first born daughter was to marry prior to the younger, but she was hindered – possibly because she was not a very beautiful girl. Her kinsmen took her to wife, but not by choice!!
He also took a second wife, who became her adversary. She was envied by her adversary – who was very beautiful, but she was barren!!
She tried in vain to win the love of her husband by bearing him many sons, but it wasn’t until after she yielded and learned to Praise God, that the Lord restored her position as the primary wife.
No!! – She had not been the preferred wife, but she was the wife who was chosen by God!!
The Lord caused her latter years to be better than her former. God nurtured her spiritual beauty and He blessed her – even in death- as her ashes lie beside her beloved husband’s in their burying place.
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Grab Your Bibles and Have Fun!!
I will post Answers for You on Tuesday.
Enjoy!!
Until Next Time, Remember…
God Loves 💕You and So Do I!!
-Tam
Thanks for stopping by!!
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I had gotten pretty busy yesterday and so I began to fret, thinking that I had forgotten to work on trivia questions. But the Holy Spirit does not forget- He brings all things to our remembrance. (John 14:26)
He reminded me that I had already typed out my 6 questions a little while back.
Whew!! 😰
So since we’ve been Studying Jacob’s Boys, Joseph, and his male Siblings, I thought today I would take a detour and look back at some of the females, particularly the wives.
We have already been learning about Tamar, with still more to come. Tamar was the Canaanite wife of Er and Onan. (Genesis 38)
Remember that Er and Onan were sons born to Judah – who was Jacob’s 4th born Son, and he was also the brother who decided to sell Joseph into Slavery.
But let’s not ignore, nor overlook the remaining wives in Genesis 34, 37-41.
We want to give them their flowers- though some of these wives are much deserving- and others are certainly NOT!!
But that’s Another Lesson for Another Day!!
Your Challenge For Today:
Whose Wife is This??
Some of these will be super easy if you have been studying and reading Our CareBibleStudy Lessons, others a little harder so……
Keep your Bibles handy….just in case!!
Have Fun!!😉
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Whose Wife is This??
Rachel was the wife of ____________?
Asenath was the wife of ____________?
Leah was the wife of _____________?
She falsely accused Joseph of rape- Her husband was _____________?
She was the daughter of Shuah- Her husband was ____________?
Dinah was the ‘wife’ of _____________?
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I will post Answers for you tomorrow- That’s on ‘Oldie -but a-Goodie’ Friday!!
Enjoy!!
Until Next Time, Remember…
God Loves 💕You and So Do I!!
-Tam
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