DRY WEEKEND

I finished Boggs book last night and gave it to Ike to read. The main character and the book turns on him having amnesia for what happened a few days earlier. Boggs researched this because the Mittie Stephens was a side-wheeler that burned in Lake Caddo. He used the captain and some of the officers but made up a wild story of why the ship burned and it is a great read.

Almost as good as Genesis chapters 25-28 that the SS class studied. They were amazed that after Sarah died Abraham took another wife and apparently concubines and had another batch of kids after years of being married to a barren wife. He died at age 175 and was buried with Sarah, but he left all of his wealth with his son Issac who has married Rebecca at age 40 and she is also barren for 20 years. But after Issac prays she gets pregnant and has twins. Two very different sons Esau and Jacob. Jacob means deciever and he carried out that role under the tutelage of his mother. The time ran out and we didn't have time to discuss the place that polygamy plays in the Jewish and Christian traditions with all of the patriarchs having polygamous relations and we haven't even gotten to Solomon yet. So we have time to discuss that. We were impressed with the way that the Lord uses common sneaky people to carry out his plan. We were also impressed how the strong women effected history.