𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵/ "The Life of Sarah"
𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝟮𝟯:𝟭–𝟮𝟱:𝟭𝟴
This week's Torah portion picks up where we left Abraham, just after the sacrifice of a ram given in place of Isaac. It begins simply as laying out the years of life of Sarah who has now passed.
𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺-𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴; 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩. - 𝘎𝘦𝘯 23:1
From there we see a story unfold of Abraham asking to buy a cave to bury his wife, from the sons of Heth, saying he is a stranger and a sojourner among them. The sons of Heth try to 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 a place to Abraham, but he refuses. He wants to 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 of it's worth. I find this very interesting, because one of the stories the LORD really highlighted to me at the end of last year (and earlier this one), is a story about King David who goes to buy a threshing floor to build an altar to the LORD. The owner wants to 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 it (and the oxen and the wood) to David, but he refuses as He says, "I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing." (2 Samuel 24:24). I sense a principle here about the cost of 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗱!
But back to our story. Abraham acquires the land and buries his wife. From there we see Abraham summon his servant, believed to be Eliezer, “the eldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had,” to sends him on a journey to find a wife for his son Isaac. Abraham makes his servant take an oath, that he will not take a wife from the Canaanites where they live, but from the land which he came from. Abraham, telling the servant to not take Isaac to his old homeland, repeats the promise, "“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, ‘𝘛𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥,’ 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. (Gen 24:7) Abraham was standing firm 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 that Isaac would indeed inherit the land that was shown to him.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘢, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘳. (Genesis 24:10) And there is that number again, 𝘁𝗲𝗻. I find it interesting that Eliezer's name is derived from two Hebrew words: אֵל (El, meaning "God") and עָזַר (azar, meaning "help" or "aid"). Eliezer, was 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 on a mission to find a 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 for his Master's son. Do you know what the word, 𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙚 (Greek apostéllō / Hebrew shaliah), in the New Testament means? "𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵", but not just sent as an individual. One who is sent 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 of the one who sent them. Think about this for a few moments. What is the mission given to the apostles? To make disciples of all nations. Thereby bringing them into 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁 with Yeshua as His Bride! 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗜𝗧?!?!? Goodness gracious! We 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 Israel is His Bride - consisting of both Jews and Gentiles in the 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁. 𝗧𝗲𝗻 tribes are still scattered among the nations, to whom the apostles were sent! Abraham, in this story is like YHVH, sending out His Helper (Holy Spirit working in His people), to bring back a Bride suitable for Christ (the final redemption!). Shewee! That's good stuff! But let's keep going!
The servant of Abraham asks the LORD to help confirm the one is to become Isaac's wife. He says in his heart that the woman who not only offers him water from the well by which he is resting, but that also offers to get water for his camels, would the sign. Y'all that is a lot of water! 10 camels - according to google they can drink up to 32 gallons at one time! Times 10! From a well! Now I don't think I have to dig too deep on this, as I have already shared the significance of the well and water from previous portions. I do however want to point out something linking back to what I previously stated. The sign this 'helper' was looking for, is a woman (currently not in covenant), who would be willing to bring water to him but also to the 𝘁𝗲𝗻 camels. Aren't we meant to show those of Israel who don't yet know, the Messiah, that He has come, by the power of the Holy Spirit (represented by water)?!?! But it was the tribes who first came to the nations! Wowza.
Enter Rebekah. The daughter of Nahor, Abraham's brother. Her 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 as the one YHVH chooses is made clear, by her generosity and hospitality in offering Eliezer and the camels, water. This is the same kind of hospitality Abraham had shown just a few pages earlier, to the three men who stood before his tent. So we have our first 'likeness', and Eliezer bows in worship to YHVH.
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧-𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦?” 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮, “𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘦𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘤𝘢𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘳.” 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮, “𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙊𝙍𝘿. 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, ““𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙊𝙍𝘿, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙢, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧; 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴.” - Genesis 24:22-27 He is a covenant keeping GOD!!
As the servant lays out all that has transpired to the family of Rebekah, he asks to take her back to his master. At first, her brother tries to stall, but then decides to have the servant ask his sister directly (vs 58-61):
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳, “𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯?” 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗼.” 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘮’𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘯. 60 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳, “𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.” 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯. 𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘙𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥.
Just as Abraham was called out from his people to go to a place the LORD would show him, now too, Rebekah follows suit. (Likeness #2) And then we see the blessing her family speaks over her as she departs - which interestingly enough seems to match the blessing given to Abraham in regards to Isaac (likeness #3).
𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘐𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘤 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦𝘦𝘳-𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘪-𝘳𝘰𝘪; 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘷. 𝘐𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘤 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘙𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘐𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘤 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵, “𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴?” 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙚𝙞𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙄𝙨𝙖𝙖𝙘 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄𝙨𝙖𝙖𝙘 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙝’𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙠𝙖𝙝, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙛𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧; 𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙨 𝙄𝙨𝙖𝙖𝙘 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝. (vs 62-67)
Oh, friends. What started as mourning has turned to rejoicing! And as we see from our story, there is also another story of rejoicing beginning to unfold. A story of redemption and hope, in the midst of suffering. I pray you see it. I pray your heart burns with hunger for more of His truth. He truly is the bread of life!
