CHILDREN: OUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
Genesis 29:22-24
"Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. And she conceived and bore a son, and said, 'God has taken away my reproach.' So she called his name Joseph, and said, 'The LORD shall add to me another son.' "
As we consider the life of Joseph, we need to remember his beginnings. Joseph was born into a rather dysfunctional family. His father, Jacob, was a deceiving, duplicitous, disingenuous liar, who nevertheless had a heart for God. His mother, Rachel, was Jacob's second wife who was loved by Jacob but was an unhappy, jealous, frustrated, nagging wife. Even after Joseph was born, she was not satisfied and wanted another son. As for birth order, Joseph had ten older step-brothers (and sisters) born to three other women. So he was an outsider at bottom of the pecking order. But God's purposes and callings do not depend family or birth situations. When a baby is born, we do not know how that child will be used of God to save a family or a nation from extinction. Every child brings the potential and the hope for the future. Who knows but that the next child born into our family will be God's prophet to our nation.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: The birth of every child brings hope for the future.
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Have a hopeful day. Love you.
Genesis 29:22-24
"Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. And she conceived and bore a son, and said, 'God has taken away my reproach.' So she called his name Joseph, and said, 'The LORD shall add to me another son.' "
As we consider the life of Joseph, we need to remember his beginnings. Joseph was born into a rather dysfunctional family. His father, Jacob, was a deceiving, duplicitous, disingenuous liar, who nevertheless had a heart for God. His mother, Rachel, was Jacob's second wife who was loved by Jacob but was an unhappy, jealous, frustrated, nagging wife. Even after Joseph was born, she was not satisfied and wanted another son. As for birth order, Joseph had ten older step-brothers (and sisters) born to three other women. So he was an outsider at bottom of the pecking order. But God's purposes and callings do not depend family or birth situations. When a baby is born, we do not know how that child will be used of God to save a family or a nation from extinction. Every child brings the potential and the hope for the future. Who knows but that the next child born into our family will be God's prophet to our nation.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: The birth of every child brings hope for the future.
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Have a hopeful day. Love you.
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