[Discoveries] 03-20-08 Unreasonable demands -- Genesis 30:1

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/*"Give me children, or I'll die!" -- Genesis 30:1*/

Forced to compete with each other for love and status, Rachel and Leah 
were both in a lose-lose situation. As Leah bore Jacob son after son, 
Rachel's exasperation over her own childlessness expressed itself in 
blame. Read between the lines. "It's your fault, Jacob," she is saying. 
"You are the cause of my unhappiness."

In one form or another, I think almost every marriage weathers this kind 
of storm. The spouse that was supposed to bring so much happiness fails, 
and the finger of blame is pointed.

And every spouse will fail. The most beautiful, the most handsome, the 
most romantic, the most godly, the richest, the strongest -- they will 
all fail. No other person can bring us what we need deep inside.

I love and I like my wife. She loves and she likes me. But here's the 
amazing thing: The less I need my wife to make me happy, the more I 
enjoy her. There is a great freedom in letting God meet these impossible 
needs. God's love never fails. It reaches into the neediest places in 
our hearts and fills up all of the void.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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