Life has seemed crazy lately and I haven't been reading His word or blogging like I should, but I am back!
In these chapters Jacob left home to get away from everything that happened between him and Esau. During this time he had many struggles, one being that he found a woman he wanted to marry, but the father of this woman tricked him into being with his other daughter. To me it really seemed like a huge love triangle in a way, very messy. During this time Jacob really struggled with God... not the idea of Him really, but more so had God beside him struggling through things with Him. In the end Jacob was given the new name Israel, which means God-Wrestler. He had wrestled with God and got through everything that had happened to him recently.
I love the meaning behind his new name. God-Wrestler. I think about how so often I could also be referred to as God-Wrestler. I have spent much time wrestling with God.... not understanding what He is doing in my life, not liking what I'm going through, not wanting to change... but I have come through it... it has made me stronger and I am better because of all things that have happened in my life. I'm glad that God is willing to wrestle through things with me.
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