Jacob Wrestling with God

So I was thinking about this account today, of Jacob wrestling with God from Genesis 32. You know what it doesn't say? That God came for this reason - to wrestle with Jacob. It simply states that they did. Could it be that God came to bless, strengthen, and encourage Jacob, but that Jacob was so filled with fear that he took up the wrestling match? Hmmm. In the end, it is God's blessing that prevails, although Jacob comes out of it with a limp. I wonder . . . how often do we resist and wrestle with God when all He wants to do is come and bless us?

Why?

I know I need to post more pictures from our Panama trip - hopefully I'll be able to get to that soon! But in the meantime . . .

Why do companies update their websites when the updates do not have full functionality? This is quite frustrating to me! WebEx does this all the time, my Text Messaging service did this, and now Concordia Publishing House has done it. Really? This isn't good customer service. Why can't you wait until it is really ready to switch over? I don't get it.

Virginia State March for Life

Only 12 days after the National March for Life in Washington, DC, we had the Virginia State March for Life in Richmond. Last year, they marched in April, so we were surprised it was happening this year on February 1st! So, since we had such short notice, we didn't have too many LCMS Lutherans there, but we did have a group, and hopefully with a little more attention in the future, we can do better. It was a nice day and there seemed to be a pretty good turnout. Anyway, a couple of pictures . . .

We actually had more folks than this - some were marching with others groups they came with. 

One funny thing is that I had a number of folks thank us for coming all the way from Missouri! I had to explain to them that we didn't, that's just where our synod started with the German immigrants who came and settled there. ;-)  

Make plans to join us next year!