I was reading in Genesis 29 yesterday; the chapter focuses on Jacob and his marriage to Rachel.  It’s a story we’ve heard a thousand times, how he served Laban for seven years and was cheated by Laban.  Verse 20 jumped out at me though, “So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her. (ESV)”

I instantly thought, “wow, years seeming like days sure sounds familiar.”  Peter tells us in 2 Peter 3:8, ” But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (ESV)”

Is it possible that  just as Jacob’s love for Rachel made the seven years seem like days that God’s love for us is so great that the time in which he is waiting for His bride seems like days to Him?