Genesis 49 (He Really Dies This Time)

Sunday night's usual quick one.
I feel a bit bad because this week I seem to keep running out of time.
So many things to do.
So few gaps to do them in between the other stuff.
Maybe I need an iPad.
An iPad would help me organise myself better.
It can do so many things like what a real computer could do, BUT
it does them smaller and with a touch screen.
Oh and it can't be held the wrong way around.
And it's natty and cool.
And Apple makes it.
Ooooohhhh!!
It must be the thing that is missing from my shambolic attempt at time management.
I could make a chart AND a pie graph to show things like how I use my time and how much pie I should be eating.
And I could look at photos and movies and play my individually picked music.
But it is so much more than that.
And it WOULD make me feel better as a person.
Actually it would make me a better person.
FACT.

Well that was a ramble.

I think I would really like one though. Not for any of the reasons above.
Just so that we're clear on that.

Genesis 49
So Jacob blesses his sons for the last time.
Some seem to cop a raw deal.
But generally I think Jacob nails it.
He recognises the failings and mentions them.
He sees the strengths and rewards them.
For his faults, Jacob treasured his family.
Above all he loved his sons.
Some more than others for sure.
But we all have favourites whether we mean to or not.
Despite this if you asked Jacob "Do you love your sons?"
His reply would be yes.
If you named each one.
He reply would be yes.

And so ends the third part of a dynasty.
Like Isaac before him and Abraham before that, Jacob is laid to rest in Canaan.
A land the nation of Israel would not to return to for many years.