In this video listen to Genesis 33 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In Genesis 33 Jacob gets ready to meet Esau’s coming army of 400 men. He orders his family by how much he loves them, and this must have felt terrible to the women and children. Later we see in the story of Jacob how this favouritism played out. Jacob probably wasn’t aware of how his attitudes would affect his family, but today we are aware of these things, and know the wisdom of them.

Jacob of course was tricked into his unique family situation, but sometimes today people find themselves also in unique situations. Sometimes parents have step children, or grandchildren, or foster children, or others that are not natural children, adn they need equal love alongside the natural children. This calls for determination, but ultimately God’s grace must  ...