A Marriage to Consider

[455 words] Marriages in the Bible were like marriages today. Some were better than others and some were worse, but all of them had their ups and downs. We can relate to their joys and struggles and learn from these old stories. Consider the marriage of Isaac and Rebekah. Isaac was the son of promise. They gave birth to Jacob and Esau. What lessons can we learn from this couple? We see a giving spirit in Rebekah. Abraham sent his servant to find a wife for his son Isaac. When this servant came to a well in the city of Nahor, he prayed for a woman who would give him a drink of water when he asked and who would also give his camels water without her being asked. A beautiful woman came to the well (notice that he didn’t pray for a beautiful woman but for a giving woman)…