Peniel

So while Jesus was in the process of smashing my heart into bits and pieces only to rebuild it again, I did an exegetical paper on Genesis 32-- Jacob wrestling with God. I wrote a whole blog post about it and how it related to my life as I did my own wrestling with God. (You can read it here).

After you re-read that post. Bookmark that in your brain.

Some of you may know, I am going to Zimbabwe for the month of May and South Africa for June and July.

There is something ironic about the place we are staying in Zimbabwe. It is called "Peniel." If you have ever read Genesis 32 (please take the 5 minutes to do so now.....) you know that after Jacob wrestles with God, he renames that place "Face of God"-- "Peniel."

I don't know why this seems so significant, but I wrestled with God, (and lost... miserably), wrote about it, was completely utterly broken by him the very next day (read that blog post again here), and now the place where I will be working is titled Peniel.... There is something significant there. God is reminding me of my wrestling. That is isn't over.

It is just beginning.