Susan Colin: Listen to Music

Jacob had a complicated and messy life, partly of his own doing, and perhaps because that is the human drama. His relationships with his parents, his brother, his father-in-law, his wives and his sons presented him with challenges and opportunities which ultimately informed his relationship with God. His is a life worth examining from many perspectives, and one of the rare mentions of romantic love in the Bible.

Genesis 29:20


He served seven years but they seemed but a day
For he loved her, for he loved her.
God and man made demands but he did not sway
For he loved her, for he loved her, for he loved her.

I am scared, all alone
I have cheated the unknown
My duty lies too far to see
They expect too much from me

I have wrestled with my fears
A lasting hurt through all my years.
Then by the oasis set in sand
The crawling ends as I begin to stand.

He served seven years…

Treachery and deceit do not signal my defeat
My love divided yet a family grows
How I yearn for oseh shalom

My winter brings sons of joy
Yet ripped from my arm - a jealous ploy
The blessings from my fading light
Are bittersweet as was my life