Dear Friends of Emmanuel,

In Genesis this week, we read the story about Jacob struggling in the night with the angel.  And the angel says to him, you shall be called Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans and have prevailed.  At this point we struggle to find our footing.  Many of us have been thrown off balance because of circumstances not under our control.  God asks us not to avoid the struggle but to overcome it.  To become striven means to work through the unfortunate events of our lives knowing that we are held in the arms of the God who loves us.

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