A good place to be
Eight months ago, when it felt like God just wanted to break me and give up the girl I was in love with, something strange happened. It wasn't unusual that God took me by the collar and made His point. I feel like I've channeled Jacob much of my life, and with the same results. The story of Jacob and Esau is a study in desire. Jacob wanted the things of God more than Esau did. Jacob didn't know how to go about getting those things so went about it all wrong in his headstrong way. Eventually, God humbled Jacob and wounded him while wrestling, crippling him. Anyone who has been stubborn with God can attest to the futility of wrestling Him. Jacob must have been in a league of his own. The one thing he had going for him was his thirst for the things of God. When I was wrestling with God in December, I fully expected the answer to be that I had to give this woman up, this woman I loved. I was ready for that. To my astonishment, His answer was quite the contr...