The brothers all sat down to eat bread together while their abandoned brother begged for help from the bottom of a waterless cistern. The brothers shared their water with each other---but how could they trust each other? Only Ruben showed a morsel of guilt with an intent to go back after-a-while and rescue the tossed away Joseph. And Ruben was the oldest of the clan---the one with the most reason for revenge, the number one child. Israel loved his son Joseph way too much---is there such a thing? Did Israel love well?
"Loved more than the other sons." Genesis 37:3
DEAR GOD, CHANGE ME IN ONE OF THESE 10,000 MOMENTS: Help me love every person in my path not for what they can do for me; not because of their worth; not because of their position in life. Let me learn to love this brand new year all those you humbly place in our path.
PHOTO: In the middle of nowhere. Stiff-armed by no water and overwhelming jealousy and a silent God. Joseph embraces all 3 in a dank dark cistern---no water; no love; no sign of God in the pit.
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