The serpent did not tempt Adam and Eve to steal, to kill, to commit adultery...

He simply tempted them to question GOD's Word.

Selah <3

My wife, a dietitian, tells me that the three trees Jacob used to encourage breeding among his sheep have anti-inflammatory properties, which can have a significant impact on fertility. Could this have been common knowledge at one time? Did the sticks or the stripes have any effect on the breeding of the sheep or is there some hidden message in this story? I lean in the direction of the sticks being metaphor rather than medicine, but not strongly. I'm not convinced of either explanation.
#genesis 30 #vayetzei

Because of our impatience, our wanting things done in our own timing, we are constantly trying to write our own story. Is it because we believe that we can do better than Yahweh/GOD? We can't, ya know. We don't see through HIS Eyes! We can't know what HE knows! HIS Ways are so much greater than ours!

It's time for us to "Just Be Still" and allow HIM to work in our lives, on our behalf, and for our benefit. Stay in prayer, Beloved!! I know there's a Wonderful ending...because HE's Promised us that...

GOD is still writing your story. Stop trying to steal the pen...

Shalom <3

#shhhhhh
#justbestill
#abbasnotfinishedwithmeyet

Do not ask Yahweh/GOD to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to Move Your Feet...

Selah <3

What was in the beginning, is still valid today and will be, for all eternity...

"Heaven and earth will pass away but My Words will never pass away." ~ Luqas [Luke] 21:33

#openthebook
#livinghiswords
#idontfollowmanifollowgod

I am so homesick...Come, Yeshua, Come...

"My soul yearns, even faints, for the Courts of Adonai. My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the Living GOD." ~ Tehillim [Psalms] 84:3

The enemy likes to hide wolves inside sheep's clothing, but that's okay!

Yahweh/GOD hides lions inside of lambs...

In Genesis 30, Jacob put sticks of poplar, chestnut, & almond in his sheeps' water to encourage breeding, especially of speckled sheep. Why these 3 trees?

I've heard that the Greeks associated poplar with paradise, only poplar was allowed to be burned on Zeus' altar, and the Celts associated poplar with fertility. It is mentioned in Hosea 4:13 as a favored shade tree for certain rituals. Its leaves are green on top, white beneath, presenting a high contrast, possibly related to the speckled nature of the sheep Jacob wanted.

Some cultures have associated the chestnut with enhanced male fertility and libido. It thrives in poor soil and grows quickly, so it could also be associated with heartiness.

Aaron carried a staff of almond, and it blossomed and bore fruit as proof of God's anointing (Num 17:8) and Jacob renamed the place of his stairway dream from "Almond" to "House of God".