So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes. Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.” So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem. Genesis 35:2-4 NIV
Removing ear rings as a symbol of the left behind foreign gods. Remember this day. Still to come is the moment that the descendants of Jacob will take there ear rings and forge for themselves a golden calf in opposition to God.
We really are people that live in cycles. We learn from our past, but seem to also be lost in repeating the mistakes of the past.
Be thankful that although we repeatedly fail God - God remains faithful in HIs pursuit of those who will call upon His Name.
Cast aside the things you have put before God. And then in those moments when you fail and pick them up again - Remember God still loves you and call again upon His Name.
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