Joseph
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forgiveness and pain
Don’t feel badly, don’t blame yourself for selling me. God was behind it. Genesis 45:4 Forgiveness brings with it a warm feel-good glow when you take the high road in life. Like when you smile and wave at the guy who cuts you. Of course, the glow takes longer to feel in a situation that Read more
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you’re the man
You’re the man for us. God has given you the inside story. Genesis 41:39 It was two years of freedom and another dream that needed interpreting before the cupbearer remembered his promise to Joseph. But never mind that for God was in control. Pharaoh had a strange dream and he was convinced that it held Read more
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when people let you down
But the head cupbearer never gave Joseph another thought. Genesis 40:23 When I moved here, she went out of her way to befriend me. Over the next two years it seemed like she was always there to support me in my little battles. But when the big one came armed with heavy arsenal that shot Read more
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looks and gifts
He was strikingly handsome . . . . she pestered him day after day, but he stood his ground. Genesis 39: 6, 10 For the ones who cannot be moved to break, let alone alone scratch the surface of the Ten Commandments, the Devil uses their goodness, their steadfastness, their good intentions to create road Read more
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when bad turns to good–eventually
“As it turned out, God was with Joseph and things went very well with him.” Genesis 39:2 Joseph was betrayed by his brother, sold to strangers, taken to a strange country. Traveling with Ishmaelites, Joseph saw his future clearly: a slave in chains till his dying day. But God was WITH Joseph. God was not Read more
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God makes memories
Genesis 41:49 Joseph collected so much grain–it was like the sand of the ocean!–that he finally quit keeping track. This verse relates a simple fact: Joseph could not humanly keep track of all the grain that God provided. It also paints a picture of hyperbolic proportions: I imagine Joseph sitting on a haystack while his Read more
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