Tim’s Tidings
Can Good come from Bad?
That is the hope as we clean up and make sense of the destruction of
Harvey and Irma, as we adjust to life changing circumstances such as job loss,
changes of location, recovery from illness and even grief.
Can Good come from Bad?
Today we look at the story of Joseph found in Genesis
37-50. Joseph was one of the sons of
Jacob who was specially loved by his father and specially gifted by God. He had the ability to dream and interpret
dreams. His father made him a special “coat
of many colors” which caused the jealousy of his brothers to mount and they
plotted to kill him. Instead they sold
him into slavery, drenched his coat in animal blood and told Jacob that he was
killed by a wild beast. Joseph meanwhile
rose to a high position in Egypt because of his ability to interpret dreams and
his administrative skill. He prepared
the country successfully for a famine.
The famine brought his brother begging for food. Joseph withheld his identity until he could
no longer contain himself. When the
brothers found out that they, who plotted evil against him were at his mercy
they were terrified. But Joseph said,
“do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here,
because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you…. So then it was not
you who sent me here but God.”
Can Good come from Bad?
Think of a time in which a disappointment or setback in your
life lead to something greater in the end? Share your story with a friend or
two this week.
How might God be using the events that have happened in your
life lately to benefit others?
What might you do to bring God glory this week?
Spend some time in silent prayer listening for God’s voice
and direction. God pieces us together in
a puzzle where we are important to others.
Dear God,
Thank you for the grace to go on amid the storms of
life. Grant me to wisdom to discern your
hand and to act according to your will in what I do and in what I don’t do this
week. May I have vision to see beyond
the present to how “all things work for the glory of God in Christ Jesus.”
Be with those who suffer today from mental, spiritual,
emotional or physical distress. Use me
to be an anchor during the storms of others until we experience the fair skies
of your divine design. Make me an
instrument of your peace and understanding.
Amen.
May God use, guide and bless you to be a blessing,
Tim
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