Dad, we sold Joseph into slavery and lied to you, sorry.

Okay, I took a deep breath and feel better now. The last blog helped me vent. Wouldn’t it be good if stuff like that did any good? I have given up on a politician having common sense. SOOO!

As a Christian I have the same responsibility David had in 1 Samuel 30:6. He had lost his two wives, home, the love and respect of his men, and was in danger of being stoned by those same friends. “But David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.”

Last night Pastor Joshua Margerison called and asked if he could couch it here as he needed to be in Windsor at 7:00 for his job as electrician. That would shave off 2 hours from his trip and is reasonable. Monday his truck would not start and I just watched a tow truck haul him and it away, it is 9:00. Things could be worse, but what a wonderful way to begin a week. “But David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.”

Back to Scripture:

In an earlier blog I mentioned I hope God has instant replay in Heaven. I am sure my taste will be maturer then but now I would like to hear a replay of a conversation that was not recorded in Scripture.

Israel’s 12 sons caused him grief. 10 of them hated his favorite, Joseph. They abused Joseph, stripped him of his cloak, tore it up and soaked it in animal blood, lied to their poor father about what happened to Joseph. They sold him into a life of slavery and death.

Many years pass and the situation is recorded in Scripture. Is it not ironic that the person they hated is the person they chummy up to to buy food in Egypt?

The conversation I would like to hear is the confession of how Joseph was alive and not dead. Someone had to tell Israel what they had done with the coat of many colors. Someone had to tell their pop how Joseph got from the lion’s tummy to the throne in Egypt. Someone had to explain how for all these years they watched their father grieve. Their punishment was not only in their facing of Joseph.

HTOITA