Struggles and Blessings

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He was alone. Or so he thought.

Jacob was concerned about the meeting with his brother Esau—as well he should have been. After all, he’d tricked the man out of his birthright.

Then a being appeared out of nowhere and the wrestling match was on. We might infer the issue was Jacob’s lack of confidence that God would be with him at the meeting. Or maybe it was guil...