Outline:
I. A Promise Fulfilled (Verses 1-7)
A. The happy birth
B. The holy God we serve
II. A Parting of the Ways, in a Family (Verses 8-21)
A. The Actual Goodbye
B. The “Allegorical” Sense (Galatians)
C. The Applications (“El Roi”)
III. A Peace, Finally Negotiated (Verses 22-34)
A. The righting of a previous wrong
B. The relationship healed
C. In all our change, God remains faithful to His promises (“El Olam”)
