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It has been just four chapters and a lifetime since that night when, fleeing for his life, he was visited by an angel drenched dream that assured him of Gods presence on his path. Now, in this latest nighttime meeting, Jacob learns that sometimes when the angel meets us in the wilderness, it makes us work for a blessing. This seems to be one of the ways the angels choose to minister to us, knowing there are times when a good struggle comes as one of those strange comforts of the wilderness. How To Synergy Video Express more. Sometimes we need not to rest but to wrestle, to be stretched to our limits, to reach deep into the reserves we did not know we had. We are not certain, of course, just who it is that goes toe to toe with Jacob in the night as he is on his way, with trepidation, to seek Esau years and lifetimes after fleeing in fear. School of Athens is one of a series of four frescoes painted by Raphael representing branches of knowledge. The frescoes, located on the walls of the Stanza, include. Lenten tradition. The Easter egg tradition may also have merged into the celebration of the end of the privations of Lent in the West. Historically, it was. The North Korean regime would be utterly destroyed if it came to war, Haley told the council while demanding that China cut off oil deliveries. Akiane Kramarik shares about her Christian testimony, her upbringing, and the inspiration behind her paintings. The text is fuzzylikely with intentionon whether the visitor who approaches Jacob in the dark is a man or God. The visual tradition settled somewhere in between, frequently depicting Jacob wrestling an angel. Working on this painting as I thought about this passage, I began to find my imagination drawn not to the figures locked in their fierce struggle what drew me instead was the ground. I imagined the tracks and traces left by their feet, the imprint of their bodies on the earth, the map made by their wrestling. I imagined those lines beginning to form the blessing that Jacob receives, twining into the letters of the new name he will bear with him, limping, when morning comes. On your path, where have you encountered a struggle that brought not only a wound but also a blessing When has an experience of wrestling with God helped you know who you are, and which way to go If you were to write a blessing whose lines have their roots in a time of struggle, what would that blessing be Jacobs Blessing. If this blessing were easy,anyone could claim it. As it is,I am here to tell youthat it will take some work. This is the blessingthat visits youin the struggling,in the wrestling,in the striving. This is the blessingthat comesafter you have lefteverything behind,after you have stepped out,after you have crossedinto that realmbeyond every landmarkyou have known. This is the blessingthat takes all nightto find. Its not that this blessingis so difficult,as if it were not filledwith graceor with the lovethat livesin every line. Its simply thatit requires youto want it,to ask for it,to place yourselfin its path. It demands that youstand to meet itwhen it arrives,that you stretch yourselfin ways you didnt knowyou could move,that you agreeto not give up. So when this blessing comes,borne in the handsof the difficult angelwho has chosen you,do not let go. Gangsters 2 Vendetta Full here. Give yourselfinto its grip. It will wound you,but I tell youthere will come a daywhen what felt to youlike limpingwas something morelike dancingas you moved intothe cadenceof your newand blessed name. Jan Richardsonfrom The Cure for Sorrow A Book of Blessings for Times of Grief. A bonus blessing Please click the audio player below to hear Garys wondrous song I Will Not Let Go, which was inspired by this story. For my email subscribers if you dont see the player below, click here to go to The Painted Prayerbook, where you can view it in this post. Using Jans artworkTo use the image The Wrestling Is Where the Blessing Begins, please visit this page at janrichardsonimages. This is also available as an art print. After clicking over to the images page on the Jan Richardson Images site, just scroll down to the Purchase as an Art Print section. Your use of janrichardsonimages. The Painted Prayerbook possible. Thank you Using Jans wordsFor worship services and related settings, you are welcome to use Jans blessings or other words from this blog without requesting permission. All thats needed is to acknowledge the source. Please include this info in a credit line Jan Richardson. For other uses, visit Copyright Permissions.