GENESIS 45:14
"And he fell
upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept. . ."
Joseph was overwhelmed with sorrow
and joy! These must have been his feelings when he saw
his youngest brother,
Benjamin. They had the same mother.
They were from the same womb. But years of separation
were between them. They were strangers.
Benjamin had thought Joseph was dead.
Joseph had heard not one word from Benjamin or any of
his family since he was seventeen years old. Now Joseph
was thirty and a ruler in Egypt. What a change from that
dirty teen-age youth, that had been pulled from the mud
pit.
I remember when I saw my younger
sister, Beverly, after many months of absence. We were
adults. She was moved to see me--and I her. She did not
want to let me go! Beverly was brain-damaged from birth.
I was not sure she really cared about me. In truth, I
was all she had left of our family. And she for me. Our
parents and other sister had long-died. We were from the
same womb. As I read of Joseph and his meeting with
Benjamin that long-ago day in Egypt, I thought about
Beverly. I reflected on Joseph’s mixed emotions as he
hugged Benjamin to his heart. There is a bond between
siblings which cannot be explained. (ysw)
"WATER BY THE WAY OF EDOM"
(II Kings 3:8-2)
God can send help from unlikely
sources!
We are to expect help, and make ready
for the blessing!
He will send water from a desert, if
necessary.
The way He answers our prayers is
often a mystery.
The thousands and thousands of prayers
that ascend
Have as many kinds of answers, as the
prayers that are prayed. (GGS)
And Sarah heard it in the tent door,
which was behind him. And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And
he said, Behold, in the tent. And he said, I will
certainly return unto thee according to the time of
life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. (Genesis 18:10)
Under God's Care,
Yvonne S. Waite
