A true love story

It’s Valentine’s Day! I hope you have said I love you to that special someone and bought them chocolate.  Today I am not going to write about Valentine’s Day, but I will tell you about a beautiful love story that happened in the bible.

Genesis 24.

Abraham was old and about to die, Sarah was already dead and Abraham was apprehensive about leaving Isaac alone so he calls his servant and makes him put his hand under his thigh and swear that he will go look for a wife for his son.  Abraham charges his servant, to go back to his (Abraham) father’s house and find a wife for Isaac.

The servant leaves and prays to God to help him find a woman for Isaac.  He tells God to give him a sign and God does.  So the servant finds Rebecca and follows her to Nahor, Abraham’s brother’s house.  When Rebecca’s brother saw the jewels and the wealth of the servant he immediately took to him, the bible actually says in Genesis 24:30-31

  And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me. That he came unto the man. And, behold, he was standing by the camels at the fountain.

  And he said, Come in, thou blessed of Jehovah. Wherefore standest thou without? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

Laban saw money, he saw wealth and it attracted him to Abraham’s servant.  So when the servant insisted on taking Rebecca with him, they agreed.  Rebecca was excited, she was going to marry and the man had money! What girl wouldn’t be excited, I mean, diamonds are a girl’s best friend right?

So Rebecca received her family’s blessings and got on the camel and went with Abraham’s servant.  Now it says in genesis verse 24:63—67 that Isaac was going out to the open fields to go pray, and he saw the camels approaching, and Rebecca sitting on the camel noticed  Isaac and asked the servant who Isaac was.  When she was told it was Isaac, bible says she dismounted and covered her face. She noticed the man, and she covered herself up.  The servant then went to Isaac and told him about Rebecca, Isaac also took to Rebecca immediately. He led her to his mother's tent and the bible says they became man and wife and Isaac loved Rebecca.

Rebecca noticed Isaac without being told who he was, Isaac was going to pray but when he saw Rebecca he forgot about prayer and took her to his mother’s tent.  Isaac had his own tent, but he took her to his mother's because he was his mother’s heart and joy and he loved his mother very much so when Rebecca came, he found comfort again.

Love is pure.  Rebecca didn’t have to expose herself, bible says Rebecca was very beautiful, she could have used her beauty to attract Isaac, but she covered herself up.  Love is not about physical appearance, nor is it about sexual experience because the bible equally made us aware that Rebecca was a virgin.

It's valentine’s day today, let us cover ourselves up, let us honor each other like Isaac did Rebecca.  Let us go back to love, as God showed us in Rebecca and Isaac’s story.  Love will respect you, love will honour you and love will not depend on how beautiful, trendy, slim or fat. Love will recognise you just as Rebecca recognised Isaac.

I am sure Rebecca wasn’t expecting to fall in love, she had married well, that was enough, but God had other plans.  Money and wealth is good, but because there was love and honour the bible says Isaac found comfort in his wife.

It’s my prayer that today; we will find comfort in love, covering in love and honour.

Written by Aba Dadson

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