Genesis 33:1-17 Jacob finally got away from father-in-law Laban after Laban made him work 14 years for his two daughters to be Jacob's wives. Which Jacob deserved for screwing his brother Esau out of his birthright and blessing. Now Jacob is headed home and is afraid Esau will still be mad. But it turns out that Esau is glad to see him. Hopefully Jacob learned his lesson. But so far in Genesis, the mean and deceitful ones: Cain, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, come out on top.
Psalm 38: The heading says this is a Psalm of David. David says I've really screwed up and I've paid the consequences. But his enemies are out to get him, so he asks God to help him out. And as with most of the big shots in the Bible, the biggest offenders of decency, are the ones forgiven the most. The big thing I get out of this personally, is that I shouldn't wish the rich and famous get their just rewards. Like Jesus says later in the Bible, look at the log in my own eye, before I look at the speck in someone else's eye.
1st Corinthians 11:2-16: Paul is ranting that women should wear head coverings in church. Well, how does he even see this? Shouldn't he be kneeling on the floor with his head touching the floor, praying about his own faults? I suppose God cuts him a little slack, because he wrote that great love chapter, 1 Cor 13. And hopefully when Paul leaves and his letters read, the local people just do what they think best locally.
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