Brothers-in-Arms

Isaac and Rebekah, by failing to equally love and accept both of their children, foster rivalry and dissent between the two. How might things have been different if, rather than loving only the child most like themselves, they had loved them equally? Instead, Joseph and Esau learn from their parent’s example to despise one another for what they are, rather than accepting them for who they are. How often in our own lives are we willing to accept another person only if they change to suit us? How often do we despise someone for what they are without getting to know them in any real depth? Who do we as Christians despise? Gays? Muslims? The chronically unemployed? The politically incorrect? (Or the politically correct, depending on your point-of-view.)

...Are we doomed to repeat our mistakes? Will we always exist in conflict, brother against brother?

[via ESP: Extremely Sarcastic Preacher]