IMITATE THEIR FAITH/REBEKAH - "WHO IS THAT MAN THERE"- Continue

 Finally, the day came that we described at the outset of this article. As the caravan traversed the Negeb and twilight began to fall over the land, Rebekah saw a man walking in the fields. He looked thoughtful, contemplative, "She quickly got down off the camel," we read-perhaps not even waiting for the beast to kneel down-and she asked her guide: "Who is that man there walking the field to meet us?" When she learned that it was Isaac, she covered her head with her shawl. (Genesis 24:62-65) Why? Evidently the gesture was a sign of respect for her future husband. That kind of submission may strike some today as old-fashioned. Really, though, men as well as women may take a lesson from Rebekah's humility, for who of us does not need more of that love quality? 

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