Jacob is terrified of meeting Esau, whom he wronged twenty years earlier by stealing his blessing. He's prepared gifts, divided his family strategically. And then Esau runs to him and embraces him.
The reconciliation isn't earned. It's unilateral. Jacob didn't deserve it. He was still the person who manipulated everything. And Esau - who had every right to hold a grudge - lets go.
I hurt my sister badly when I was young and controlling. For years I carried the shame of what I did and what I was. When we finally reconciled, it wasn't because I proved I was different. It was because she chose to embrace me despite what I'd been. That's grace. Unmerited, unexpected, unearned. This passage showed me what that looks like in action.
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