Stats for Mother’s Day 

Moms spend average 2.2 hrs/day chores (contrast w/ 1.3 hrs for dads) 

330 loads of laundry / yr 

7300 diaper changes by the time a toddler is 2yrs old 

210 times a day a pre-schooler asks for mom’s attentiuon 

68% of Americans call on Mothers Day  

2 billion moms in the world 

TRANSITION HUMOR if your family is perfect, you should leave because you’ll be bored with this upcoming series. 

Genesis 29 Jacob's family both blessed & messed. God promised his granddad Abraham that God would bless all people through his family 

Jacob’s dad Isaac mom Rebekah brother Esau. Isaac favoritism to Esau, though God had said that God would bless Jacob. Jacob and his mom plot plots against Esau. Jacob flees. 

Uncle Laban = Rebekah’s brothers. 2 daughters, Leah ugly Rachel beautiful 

Lessons from this story: 

    SIN ALWAYS SURFACES 

ILLUSTRATION septic overflowed at outdoor event Ben yesterday 

ILLUSTRATION boys throwing boomerang, comes back to them, not like Frisbee which stays in neighbor’s yard. Sin like boomerang – it comes back 

ILLUSTRATION Celebrate Recovery 3rd anniversary, great time, but all the people there learned hard way “sin comes back” 

    SIN IS NEVER SOLO 

Sin hurts others, for example your family` 

    IN THE MORNING, IT'S ALWAYS LEAH 

life is full of disappointments CS Lewis wrote about God shaped hole inside us. HUMOR song "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" 

Our reactions to disappointment: 

1> blame others 

2> blame self 

3> blame everything 

4> or realize nothing on earth will satisfy except God “it never works when you try fill void w anything other than” 

    GOD WORKS W IMPERFECT PEOPLE 

Laban terribly imperfect, so was Jacob.  Next generation, Jacob’s son Joseph speaking to his brothers "what you meant evil, God worked for good” Romans 8:28 all things work for good 

    GOD IS ATTRACTED TO IMPERFECT PEOPLE 

 

INTERVIEW W/ L B Richardson “world tells us (especially women) value comes from our looks, accomplishments” 

LBR personal testimony crave accolades so she needed to retrain her mind 

Ephesians 1:4  

Isaiah 62:3 sought after 

Isaiah 61:3 

Song Solomon 2:11-12 season of singing and cooing doves 

daily battle to remember our self worth is found in God 

SPECIAL MUSIC "Real Me" Natalie Grant