Many people believe that honoring parents is a kind of compensation for all the years of changing diapers and paying for education. In reality, this commandment was given to the generation that wandered 40 years in the wilderness, where God automatically provided all the necessities.
When Dad received his appointment as pastor, he was so excited that he let us know about it.
Next to my house lived the Peña family, Mrs. Julia, Silvia, Elsa and Daniel.
Some say that rules were made to be broken. However, most of the time, rules provide order and discipline.
Who of us has not made a commitment to God for some special request?
Jacob had a great experience with the God of his fathers, whom he was now getting to know, so now, after that crucial moment, he erected there where he had a special encounter with God an altar and consecrated that place.
I remember as a child, in my church, there were many people and many activities during the week, such as choir practice, praise band rehearsal, discipleship groups, Methodist Women’s and Methodist Men’s groups, Youth groups, and so on.
In 1989, an 8.2 earthquake nearly wiped out all of Armenia but killed more than 30,000 people in less than four minutes.
Young Jacob was beginning his faith adventure into adulthood, and one of his first tasks was to find a mate.