𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝟳-𝟬𝟯-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 — 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗛 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 — 𝗡𝗢𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

 

𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝟳-𝟬𝟯-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 — 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗛 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 — 𝗡𝗢𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝟮𝟵:𝟯𝟭 𝗞𝗝𝗩 — "𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗯: 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻."

God did not open her womb because she was lovely. He opened her womb because He saw her affliction. That is grace. God gives to the undeserving. He blesses the overlooked. He sees the unseen.

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟲: 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻—𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻. 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗵, 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱, 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵.
→ "And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon." (Genesis 29:33 KJV)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟳: 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶—𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 "𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶" 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲—𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀. 𝗜 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂. 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲. 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲.
→ "And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi." (Genesis 29:34 KJV)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟴: 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗯 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗛𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝘄 𝗛𝗲𝗿

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗵'𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗯 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗲. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀.
→ "And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren." (Genesis 29:31 KJV)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟵: 𝗔𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯'𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗵'𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗲.
→ "Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me." (Isaiah 49:16 KJV)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟬: 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗷𝗼𝘆. 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲, 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲. 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
→ "The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing." (Zephaniah 3:17 KJV)

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗗 𝗞𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗞𝗨