Joseph Sold Into Slavery

Happy Wednesday! Blogging from NY were it is 68 degrees, raining and we are praying it stops before the Yankee game tonight.

Genesis 37

Joseph is the favorite son. Every family has one don't they? If your not the favorite than you are the one that resents that sibling at some point in time in your life.

I think about raising kids and how they all need to learn a level of discernment. Joseph loved to brag about his coat and his dreams. We may have one child get all A's and their brother or sister don't. Or you may have a child that does what you tell them (the first time) and the other seems to forgets and needs to be reminded 5 times.

Kids are kids and we are the same. God doesn't have favorites but sometimes he blesses us. So what we do with those blessings are what matters.

Joseph made his brothers so angry by bragging about his beautiful coat and his dreams that he would rule over everyone someday, that they couldn't stand it any more. They plotted to get rid of him somehow. They nearly had him killed but one of them had a voice of reason and decided selling him to slavery would be a better option.

So when God does bless us isn't it important to recognize those blessings as Gods blessing and not ours? Just like teaching your children their gifts are different than each others. School grades may come easy for one but the other may have to study more.

It took Joseph a long time to learn an important lesson. Because our talents and knowledge come from God, it is more appropriate to thank him for them than to brag about them. Later, Joseph gives God the credit.

Have a great day!

In Him......

Laurie