I have to say this, after reading further into Genesis: I DO so love the reunion between Jacob and Esau (Ch. 32-33). Can't you just picture it? Jacob, his clan, his animals, seeing Esau and his 400 men waaayyy in the distance, perhaps from atop some deserty cliff? He obviously saw them "while they were still a long way off." And then, can you help but wonder what both were thinking? Jacob's absolute terror vs. Esau's complete and total embracing of his past and his present. Maybe Esau was a tad confused, and even a little flustered, as wave after wave of "gifts" came - minus one twin brother...
In this way, I want to be like Esau. To be able to say, "whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, 'It is well, it is well with my soul.'" That might just be better than the blessing.
P.S. - I can't ignore that in the middle of this reunion, Jacob wrestled with God. That is another story, like my previous post, that has utterly baffled me. I'm still thinking about it. However, I can add Mike's commentary on this (unbeknownst to him...if he reads the blog, he will get to weigh in). When I once mentioned that I've never "gotten" this little event in the Bible, my enlightened husband responded with, "Well, for one, it showed that God allows us to wrestle with Him." And that's the point I have to stop on for now.
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