I Don’t Care: A Leah Season
One of my dearest friends has been teasing me a lot lately because I’m in my “I don’t care era.” This friend is always telling me that too much of that may not be good. However, when you have been on the opposite side of that, there is so much more harm to yourself than the good for those receiving so much of your care. Over the last few weeks, the story of Leah has really struck me. For those of you who are not familiar, Leah was the first wife of Jacob-not the one he wanted, but the one he got first. Jacob was actually in love with her younger sister, Rachel, and wanted to marry her so her father (his uncle…Yea messy I know) told him that if he worked for seven years he would give Rachel to Jacob. He worked those seven years, but then his uncle basically said “oh nahhh in our culture the younger daughter can’t get married before the older so you gotta marry Leah first.” So, he did that and worked another 7 years because he wanted Rachel. 14 years of labor for the one he actually wa...