Gen
Who knows what all God intended to accomplish in how many lives through this 7 yr famine. We only see the lives of this Hebrew family. Gives me pause, though, that it took a LONG time to get things in place for this family reconciliation. Trip to Egypt. Negotiation. Trip home. Run out of food. Negotiate with Dad. Trip back. Ah. Here's a note, too. The immediate goal for the family here was not reconciliation. That was God's deal. The goal for the biggest part of the family was food.
I don't want it to take that long with the various parts and various dramas in our family. But, who has a choice? I'll just keep praying.
"Benjamin's was 5x as much" This hits me both ways. Joseph honored him AND more nepotism.
Matt
v51. I hadn't noticed before that Jesus checked to see if his listeners understood his symbolism as he went.
Herod and family were a hot mess.
Ps
Sar, do you remember the song from vs 29-30?
So, the whole thing about rewards me for my righteousness sort of flies in the face of grace. I do work on being more and more righteous, but there is still lots and lots of self-doubt and plenty of lack of trust. I need to read The Shack again.
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