God has dealt with the weaknesses of his servants in every age. It is amazing how consistently the biographies of great bible leaders commence in weakness and then grow in strength....God knew each of these servants to be diamonds in the rough, and while their refining often involved the shock and heartbreak of many bitter experiences, never the less they each finally came forth as polished gems of brilliant integrity. Jacob was one of these who went through the polishing mill. The offense in his earlier life of trying to decieve his father finally faded into the shadows as God taught him complete purity of purpose and helped him rise to the pinnacle of his best potential self. As it was said of another, so might it be said of Jacob, "yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered."