Rebekah is asked if she'll go with this stranger to marry a man she's never met. Her answer is immediate and volitional: I will go. Not 'my father says,' not 'my family agrees.' She chooses.
In my studies of women in ancient Scripture, this moment stands out. She had agency. She could have refused. And her willingness becomes the foundation for the next generation.
My own decision to marry was more fraught than Rebekah's (I know the man first, at least!), but her yesness has stayed with me. Sometimes growth requires saying yes to an unknown, trusting yourself enough to move toward it. She didn't have a five-year plan. She said yes and became something larger than she was when she said it.
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