Joseph’s brothers expected the worst because they had done the worst. What they didn’t expect was blessing.
Tag: blessing
Sometimes, we get buried in the awful of a tough season and we forget there’s a God who sees us, trudging alongside in the very same dust.
Have you ever noticed how a snarky remark can live in your brain for years?
We cannot afford to get fat and happy and forget our God. We cannot depend upon ourselves because we are utterly unequipped to save from ourselves from sin. Only God can provide what we truly require.
We, too, try to rearrange the hands of God according to our own agenda. Where Jacob truly was aged and unsighted, our God is ageless and omniscient.
When we are heirs, we don’t get to pick and choose what responsibilities and benefits we prefer. Sons and daughters receive the challenges and blessings in equal stride.
Healthy, sustained relationships flow in forgiveness, in both the giving and the receiving, alike.
Just enough keeps us honest: humble enough to realize our limitations and grateful enough to give thanks.