Having Rebekah's Heart

Being a single woman hasn’t been the easiest thing for me, anyone who knows me well can tell you I have struggled with this for sometime.
A sister once encouraged me to be like Rebekah, to be busy while I wait for my “Isaac”.

So, I started reading her story and one thing really stood out to me, she was a willing and diligent worker!

“And it came about before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor, came out with her jar on her shoulder.
And the girl was very beautiful, a virgin, and she went down to the spring and filled her jar, and came up.
Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar."
And she said, "Drink, my lord"; and she quickly lowered her jar to her hand, and gave him a drink.
Now when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw also for your camels until they have finished drinking."
So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran back to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.
Genesis 22:15-20

Rebekah wasn’t mopping around the house, waiting for the “ right one” to show up or just working enough to get by.
No! She was helping in her father’s house and I’m sure doing many other things to bless the people around her.
When Abraham’s servant showed up, she offered to give water to not only him, but also all his camels!
(That is not an easy thing to do I’m sure!)
She had already learned to see where there is a need and then do it whole-heartedly.

I think this a wonderful thing to learn now!
It pains me some much to watch young ladies being only concerned about things for their hope chests or planning their weddings ect.
These things are fun to do or plan, but it is very easy to become consumed with them.

At one time I was consumed with those things.
Let me tell you, that being wrapped up in this only leads to discontentment and impatience in waiting on the Lord.

It came to the point with me that obviously the Lord has other things during this season then marriage or even planning those things. It hurt really hard at first to let them go and hold them with an open hand, but I'm so glad that are better now! (I still have to lay this issue down very often :) )


I do believe that season will come around at some point, but now isn’t the right time. I do still want to be married, be a wife and mother and run my own home, but the Lord is the only one who knows when I’m truly ready.

Meanwhile, I’m working on pouring all my energy into helping my family and blessing those around me. Being aware of things that need doing, and doing them. Even it’s not my favorite thing to do, putting my whole heart into them.
This is not an easy feat; I have to lean on the Lord daily to even partly accomplish this with a smile on my face.

Remember sweet sisters to adopt Rebekah’s heart.
Be aware of those around you who need a willing heart to help where needed and a sweet smile to go with it!
Blessings,
Laura