Genesis 31:43-34:31

What a wonderful scene as Jacob and Esau meet and reconcile. Clearly, both men welcomed and were moved by the meeting and the opportunity to come together in love.  Esau is moved to tears, and Jacob says, "To come into your presence is for me like coming into the presence of God." Wow--powerful words. The notion that meeting, serving, praising, loving God, and being loved by and coming to know Him, comes through our encounters with other people, with His creation, is a new and powerful concept that threads its way all the way to and through the New Testament.  As a brother myself, I feel a strong loving attachment to my siblings.  This is a moving encounter for me to read about, and a welcome contrast from so much of the dysfunctional intrafamily dealings to this point.