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The End of the Road

So Joseph died, being 110 years old. Genesis 50:26 As I’ve mentioned previously, I grew up with a pastor for a father, learning Bible stories from a young age. From that young age, the account of Joseph has always been my favorite. It has Joseph, the young hero, falling victim to his brothers, who are…
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Forgiving Again and Again

“So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. Genesis 50:21  Over the course of my life, I’ve required a lot of forgiveness from God and my family. So, I’d like to think that I’m quick to forgive. I do have those…
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Passing the Baton

When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people. Genesis 49:33 In a relay race, one runner carries a baton for his or her allotted distance and then hands the baton off to the next runner. For the first athlete,…
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When My Siblings Got More Allowance than Me

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him. Genesis 49:28 When I was a kid, my dad announced to my brother, my sister, and me that we were going to get a weekly allowance. I…
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Joyful in Jail

The blessings of your father are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents, up to the bounties of the everlasting hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers. Genesis 49:26 At our Sunday morning jail Bible study recently, one of the…
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Saving My Marriage

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. Genesis 49:10 Addicted to drugs, I once hid my secret life from my wife and when it tore our lives apart, her trust in me…
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The Angry Fracture

Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords. Let my soul come not into their council; O my glory, be not joined to their company. For in their anger they killed men . . . Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! Genesis 49:5-7…
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Faith and STDs

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the firstfruits of my strength, preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power. Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence, because you went up to your father’s bed; then you defiled it. Genesis 49:3-4 In my early adulthood, I had this naive belief that I could never…
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I Can’t Go to Treatment. I Have a Job.

Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate. Genesis 47:19 While using opioids, I wanted to be sober. I would stop using for a few days, but…
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Those Who Stood by Me

When Pharaoh calls you and says, “What is your occupation?” you shall say, “Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,” in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians. Genesis 46:33-34 When I…
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