Communication Consultant and Broadcast Journalist Rukh-Shana Namuyimba has used the Jacob and Rachel love story in Genesis 29:10 to move Christians into commitment to dealing with giants no matter how long it takes.
The greatest love letter ever written was the one from God to humans. It is called the Bible.
Sadly, it is one of the greatest love letters that people do not read.
In it, Jacob was sent by his father Isaac to find a wife from a relative‘s family. He met Rachel at the well and for him, it was love at first sight.
He went to the well and when he single-handily moved the great stone cover off of the well, perhaps trying to impress Rachel. You can tell that Jacob didn’t take long before he knew that he loved Rachel as recorded in Genesis 29:10-11:
Interestingly, Jacob seemed to know with certainty that Rachel would be his bride. Rachel ran to her father and told him about the young traveler. Rachel’s father, Laban, ran out to meet Jacob and invited him to stay with him.
In order to marry her, Rachel’s father convinced Jacob to work for him for seven years and he could marry Rachel. Jacob agreed.
He loved Rachel so much that he labored for her for seven years, “but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her”
After the seven years of labor, Laban agreed to allow Jacob to marry Rachel. In Jewish wedding ceremonies, the bride usually have their entire face covered with only a small opening for the eyes.
After marriage, spent the night with his new bride, he woke up in horror to discover that he had been tricked.
Jacob thought that he had married Rachel but he had instead married Leah.
“What are your giants? What is your level of commitment to dealing with them?” asked Rukh-Shana Namuyimba, addressing her audience on social media with Sunday reflections.
“Jacob and Rachel’s story is the second greatest love story for me in the bible – a love that survived even death! The first obviously is the love that trudged that lonely road to Calvary for ME!” the 37 year old news anchor wrote
“You cannot conquer what you are not committed to! Jacob worked 7 years for Rachel – he was that committed and even after the 7 years, he still was not given Rachel but Leah and he diligently worked another 7 years,” she further stated
Rukh-Shana, who adopted a baby girl early 2011, says that one must be fully invested in something, to discover self capability.
“If you throw your whole self at something (get joined) you will be amazed at how much you are capable of! We need to get to a place where we are uncomfortable with the crumbs at the fathers table and start focusing on the children’s bread! #Sundayreflections,” she concluded
