No posts? Do we not like blogs? Does no one have an insight, a verse, a question, a frustration, a Holy Ghost moment to share? Or . . . . like me . . . .is everyone having a wee bit of trouble figuring out how to get in and out of this blog? I think I've got it now, but for a while I had to make like Abraham and set out for unknown territory. If you're reading this, let us know how we can make the blog a useful tool in our study.
Grace to all,
LB
3 comments:
Hi, LB!
I have been meaning to join this blog since the first of Jan, and now it's been almost a month! Thank you for getting it started. I read several blogs a day for work, but this is my first time posting responses! Now that I've taken "the plunge" it should get easier....now about all this favoring of one child over another in Genesis? Does Jesus "weigh in" on sibling rivalry? How can jealousy not be rampant, when the parents' favor is so blatant?
Hey, Anne! YAY! Thank you for weighing in!
Since our kids were constantly vigilant about who got more cheerios, whose punishment was "unfair", whom we "loved best," etc., etc., I can see your point. I had never thought of it in quite that way before, but you're right. Of course the first son was everything in that society, and women were basically property, and it had been that way for hundreds of years . . . so I wonder if, even though intrinsically unfair, no one gave it much thought because that's "just the way it was." Perhaps we could liken it to segregation in the deep South . . . certainly unfair and immoral, but so many on both sides of the equation did nothing because "that's just the way it is." Social and cultural inertia. But this "favored first born son" custom doesn't answer the query as it relates to Joseph, who was the youngest son and most favored, or Rachel, who had to wait 14 years instead of 7 to marry just because daddy wanted to marry off Leah first. I don't know that Jesus specifically weighed in on parents showing such blatant favoritism to one child over another, but he certainly advocated very strongly for the worth and dignity and equality of all, paying special attention to women, children, the poor and the sick -- all disfavored and marginalized members of that society.
Other thoughts, anybody?
There is a very interesting discussion of the probable sibling rivalry between Jesus, James and his other siblings here.
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