Day 3: A picture of forgiveness
It is truly amazing what God can use. Basically, anything He wants He can use, no matter how useless we may thing or how awful it seems to us, He can use it. Gen 50- Joseph's brothers have been horrible to him and after his father's death they scheme and tell Joseph that his father wanted him to forgive the brothers for their wrong doings, that that was his last wish. Not only are they not Man enough to 
truthfully ask for forgiveness (out of fear, i suppose) but they lie and use their dead father for their advantage. But it doesn't even matter, because God is so forgiving (and Joseph is so aware) that thebrothers are not only forgiven, but blessed in the fact that Joseph swears to take car of them and their children. Why in the world are we forgiven, it is amazing that God doesn't run out of patience with all this children and our selfishness. The brothers no longer fear and hopefully realize the grace that was layed upon them.
truthfully ask for forgiveness (out of fear, i suppose) but they lie and use their dead father for their advantage. But it doesn't even matter, because God is so forgiving (and Joseph is so aware) that thebrothers are not only forgiven, but blessed in the fact that Joseph swears to take car of them and their children. Why in the world are we forgiven, it is amazing that God doesn't run out of patience with all this children and our selfishness. The brothers no longer fear and hopefully realize the grace that was layed upon them.
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i love that we both went out and bought the same book - and are reading the same books! i definitely want to start frequenting the library like you - i want to do A LOT of things that you do - you are so cool (:
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