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Thu, 20 May 2010

May 20, 2010, 22:39 [home/SS2010]
Caring for Family Members

One of the most important persons in the Old Testament is Joseph, son of Jacob. He’s the one who had the coat of many colors and was sold into Egyptian slavery by his ten older brothers. This week we’ll learn about the last part of Joseph’s life, when he forgave his brothers for their mistreatment of him and helped his father Jacob and all his relatives move from Canaan to Egypt, where he could take care of them during the famine at that time.

Joseph took care of his family very well. He arranged for them to move to some of the best grazing land in Egypt, the land of Goshen, where they could herd their sheep, goats, and cattle. He told his brothers that God had taken the evil they had done to him and brought good out of it. He followed his father Jacob’s request to bury him back in the land God had promised them, in the same cave where his grandfather Abraham and father Isaac had been buried.

The story of Joseph teaches us many things, but one important lesson is how we should treat family members. Kindness, care, and respect to others in our family will help make our family life, and our own lives, happy and peaceful. It’s best for everyone when parents, brothers, and sisters get along…and we can choose to do our part to make that happen.

See you Sunday—and bring a friend along!]

Tom and Sydney Cook
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