You Are Who God Says You Are
Dear Friends, All her life Leah had been used to being compared with her younger, prettier sister. She built an invisible wall around herself, pretending the things people said about her didn't affect her at all, but really each comment was a wound that stung to the very core of her being. From childhood, through adolescence and on into adulthood, people had told her she was plain, awkward, reserved and dull. She had heard it so many times that she believed it herself, she believed that this was who she was. I just wish I was more like my sister, Rachel, she often thought. If only I was lovely, beautiful, witty, charming, and someone who people loved to be around. When the sisters first met their cousin, Jacob, it was obvious to Leah that he would prefer Rachel to herself. Who wouldn't? He only had eyes for Rachel and barely spoke to Leah except out of courtesy. He soon fell deeply in love with Rachel and their marriage was a...