Sometimes it takes a crisis to get our attention, to wake us out of spiritual complacency and help us hear God’s call to return to him. In Genesis 35, as Jacob faces a disturbing crisis rooted in personal failures, God calls him back to the place it all began – a place of renewal, rededication and reassurance. It’s a much-needed reminder of who Jacob is called to be and the promises attached to it. God’s mercy is put on repeat in order to bring the reassurance he desperately needed. We all ne...