Quietly obedient

Then Rachel told him, “Take my maid, Bilhah, and sleep with her. She will bear children for me,

Meanwhile, Leah realized that she wasn’t getting pregnant anymore, so she took her servant, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob as a wife. 

Rachel answered, “I will let Jacob sleep with you tonight if you give me some of the mandrakes.”

And I replied, ‘Yes, here I am.’

Lord God my Father,

Keep my heart focused on your desire, keep me from “helping” you do your will. Help me to not try to understand what your are doing, but just be obedient. Keep me cry from my heart to be, “here I am.”

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