jeff cannell, has been teaching on joseph these past few weeks at central. he's brought my mind into this really cool place of loving these narratives in genesis.
i'm not going to go into much detail, in a few hours there will probably be a podcast that you can listen to him say it all more thoroughly and eloquently, but i wanted to slow down and really try to take in these words:
"it was not you who sent me here, but god"
joseph said, to his brothers who has sold him into slavery and caused his life to radically change, forever.
what a thing to remember, every time someone fails us, disowns us, loves us wrongly, rejects our dreams. when the trajectory of our path has changed directions and become wrong in our eyes, (especially at the grace of someone else's doing) it has so much potential to become wholly the lord's work, when it turns out good. our best choice, has already been shot. often, he cultivates his best in us after we feel whatever it is that we wanted, is shot down to the ground.
he is so good like that. i only wish patience wasn't so essential and that i could skip along and pick up on the foreshadowing of what is to come. don't we all just want to know the future?
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so encouraging to hear this today. i love you!
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