An Unwanted Woman

Posted : 16 May, 2009 10:04 PM

Leah wa the elder daughter of Laban and the older sister of Rachel. She was the ugly duckling in the family, the "oldmaid." When Jacob went to work for Laban, he fell in love with Rachel and was willing to work seven long years to have her as his wife. Laban, however, tricked Jacob into marrying Leah first and then he required seven more years of labor from Jacob for Rachel. Leah was the unwanted bride, a woman scorned in favor of her beautiful, younger sister.



God, however, had a plan and purpose for Leah. He had created her for a divine role in His eternal plan, and when He saw that Leah was despised by Jacob, He opened her womb and allowed her to bbear children. In all, she bore six sons and one daughter-her sons became the founders of six of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Genesis 29:16-32



You are A Designer's Original



One of the things that makes the high-fashion designs of the New York and Paris designers so expensive is that they are one-of-a-kind. A woman who buys a haute couture design from the House of Chanel or Yves St. Laurant knows that she isn't going to see her dress on any other woman. She knows that she is going to own a garment that is superbly crafted, in many cases hand-stitched and custom-tailored to fit her like a soft leather glove fits a hand. She knows that every aspect of the design of her grament has been carefully concieved and crafted. She is willing to pay a high price for owning an original design.



And so it should be when we look at our own lives. God has put us together in a way that cannot be replicated and should not be replicated.



Leah was created and crafted and chosen for a specific pupose in God's plan, even though for much of her life she didn't know that.



She was a designer's original. And so are you. God made you one of a kind. Nobody elese is put together exactly as you have been put together by God. Nobody has ever been just like you. And nobody will ever be just like you. God doesn't repeat Himself.



Since there are no women who could possibly be you, you may as well go ahead and be you, and acknowledge that it's good to be you!



Have you developed an appreciation for your own indivituality? Do you like "the you" that God designed you to be?



Do you wait for someone else to give you a compliment? or can you look at yourself in the mirror and say, "This is how God made me, and I can work with that"



Have you ever celebrated yourself? Have you ever praised God for the way He made you? If not, today is a good day to start



Taken from:

Woman Thou Art Loosed! Devotional

by T.D. Jakes

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