Trusting God in Troubled Times--How it begins

We can count on working hard in this life, and this life is not always fair. We also know that there will be moments in this life when situations will literally drive us to our knees in prayer. As we look at Jacob's life beginning when he left his home to travel to his Uncle's home in another region, we begin to discover certain behaviors that seem to run in his mother's family. Behaviors that seem to run in Jacob himself. We all learned something from those who cared and raised us as children. We learned good things, but we also learned things that are negative. How can Jesus help us to put it behind us? How can we forgive ourselves and our family?