3 August 2008
Sunday’s Food for Thought - Lessons to learn from Joseph’s life
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Here are a few things we can all learn from the character of Joseph in the Bible (mental notes I made from today’s sermon):
- He might have been wronged and unfairly treated by his brothers, but he learned to forgive and accept them
- Though he was still young at the time he first arrived in Egypt, he continued to do what was right, carried his duties responsibly and resisted evil temptations.
- Despite his life’s difficulties (eg. sold as a slave by his own jealous brothers, thrown to jail for wrong-doings he didn’t commit, etc), he didn’t forget about God nor blame Him. And in the end, his integrity was proven and because of him and his role in Egypt, his brothers and his father, as well as the whole nation was saved from starvation.
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Someone once wrote to me and shared how she’s ‘no Joseph‘, and DOING what’s right is so much tougher than it seems (though she realises and ‘knows’ what’s right).
And though I wouldn’t be able to understand how tough her life is, I do understand her point.
Each time I write a Sunday’s Food for Thought post, I too am learning to ‘apply’ and ‘do’ what I’ve heard and learned. I’m too still in a process of ‘trying to consistently do what I know in my head’. And it sure is not easy.
Though we can never be Joseph, I feel we can always learn from him, his integrity and his life experiences. We can always learn how God’s faithfulness and love is unchanging and how He never leaves those who love and trust Him.
We are who we are, and our bitter-sweet life experiences (and how we face each and every one of it, holding onto God by our side) help change, mould and build our characters and mindset. Making us a better person day by day.
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Posted by adeirra
4 August 2008 @ 11:20 am
hai, leony…
how are you? i’m stopping by to tell you that i’m feeling much better right now. i want to thank you for spend time to reply my desperate comment.
today i have much better days because i learn to say thank you each day. eventhough a bad thing happened to me, i was always immediately say, ‘thank you. i’m okay and everything will be just okay if i’m happy’. and it did.
two weeks ago i was even burnt by iron (while trying to iron my work suit). the iron burnt my thigh and i actually laughed. i tried my best not to focus on my pain, but focus on ‘everything’s gonna be alright..’
and you know what? by being optimistic, my life slowly turns great. and eventhough little bad things happened in the way, by thinking positive thoughts, i managed to get through them happily.
thanks, leony… i really appreciate every little things you did. your writings and everything. i finally know what to do.
love you…
BIG hug and smile…
adeiRra
Posted by Fer
4 August 2008 @ 12:30 pm
Just to drop a note to thank you for all your writing and sharing in “Sunday’s Food for Thoughts”. It’s been a good learning place for me and a joy in reading your posting.
Posted by sammicheng
4 August 2008 @ 8:47 pm
hah, i can only think of “Job”, not “Joseph”.
Posted by Leonny
5 August 2008 @ 3:27 pm
Hi Adeirra!
Thanks for writing in again! So nice to hear from you especially now that you share how you feel things are looking out better nowadays.
Keep in touch ya … and wishing you all the very best! (oh btw I really like your photography works! You’re blessed with such a great talent!)
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Fer :
Thanks so much for your encouraging comment! It’s always nice to hear if the site can be useful to readers!
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Sammicheng:
Tough days ahead ya with no. 4 …
I guess I’d say, God never leaves / forsakes Job … In fact, the reason why Job was ‘allowed’ to go through such tough ‘tests’ was because HE sees Job as being really faithful. Hmm.