love to leah
katie says she's the leah sister. she says it in a derogatory way and it's just not true. she's beloved, precious, special and beautiful. i've always thought so. i've always been a little envious of her marvelous unique beautiful looks. it's true.
but this isn't about that. elder spencer j. condie gave a talk in conference in october 2007 that gave me a lot of comfort and hope. i listen to it often to hold on to the words and keep them in my heart. you can access it here if you want to. well today as i was sweating to the oldies (haha not really) it was on my ipod shuffle (fatima gave me the ipod shuffle. she likes to make my dreams come true. i love her.) and today as i was listening to it and doing my hands up knees up double time etc i had a totally different thought. you see the talk is about rachel and how she longed to have children and how the Lord kept his promise to her. elder condie was saying how while rachel was left without children leah had zebulan, naphtali, gad, asher, etc. and i suddenly thought of leah. it says "and when the Lord saw that leah was hated he opened her womb but rachel was barren." how must it have felt to be leah. i don't think it was her fault that her father made jacob marry her. she knew that rachel was his true love. usually rachel is the sympathetic character in this story. poor rachel had to give up the spot of 1st wife to her sister. poor rachel couldn't have children. but she was loved. i'm not saying either had it worse than the other. my eyes were just opened to the way Heavenly Father loved leah. he gave her blessings and dignity through blessing her with children. it's special is all i'm saying. it's special the way he blesses us the way we need.
in other news i'm getting a cold. i just wiped my nose with my hand and then wiped it on the couch. i'm not proud of it. and if you visit you'll never know if you're sitting on 'the spot' or not. i like to keep things exciting for my guests.
also my lips have been super dehydrated and dry and peeling. meanwhile i drink water like i'm a human water reservoir. what up?
but this isn't about that. elder spencer j. condie gave a talk in conference in october 2007 that gave me a lot of comfort and hope. i listen to it often to hold on to the words and keep them in my heart. you can access it here if you want to. well today as i was sweating to the oldies (haha not really) it was on my ipod shuffle (fatima gave me the ipod shuffle. she likes to make my dreams come true. i love her.) and today as i was listening to it and doing my hands up knees up double time etc i had a totally different thought. you see the talk is about rachel and how she longed to have children and how the Lord kept his promise to her. elder condie was saying how while rachel was left without children leah had zebulan, naphtali, gad, asher, etc. and i suddenly thought of leah. it says "and when the Lord saw that leah was hated he opened her womb but rachel was barren." how must it have felt to be leah. i don't think it was her fault that her father made jacob marry her. she knew that rachel was his true love. usually rachel is the sympathetic character in this story. poor rachel had to give up the spot of 1st wife to her sister. poor rachel couldn't have children. but she was loved. i'm not saying either had it worse than the other. my eyes were just opened to the way Heavenly Father loved leah. he gave her blessings and dignity through blessing her with children. it's special is all i'm saying. it's special the way he blesses us the way we need.
in other news i'm getting a cold. i just wiped my nose with my hand and then wiped it on the couch. i'm not proud of it. and if you visit you'll never know if you're sitting on 'the spot' or not. i like to keep things exciting for my guests.
also my lips have been super dehydrated and dry and peeling. meanwhile i drink water like i'm a human water reservoir. what up?
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and yes... it helps me realize how the lord knows us and will bless us according to our specific needs.
Also, I've always felt that way about Leah. How can you not feel sorry for her? Maybe it's b/c I'm a twin and I can relate to not being the favourite.
Katie is NOT the Leah sister. Not that there's anything wrong with being Leah, but she is not!