I came to be thinking about Joseph and his colorful life the other day. Particularly his well experience came to mind. It might be that I am a bit slow, but it suddenly struck me that many, if not most of us have had our well experiences. We have endured rejection, slander, envy and malice. Usually a helping hand has come by and helped us out of the well. However, to our dismay we find that our tribulations haven’t ceased.
Even though our time in the well has taught us to be more careful in our associations (and other perhaps more important lessons) we have nonetheless met others who have disappointed us gravely, something which has caused us to go through periods which have been as bleak as dungeons. People have meant it for evil, but as time passes we find that God has meant it for good. In retrospect we almost shudder when we think about the glory we would have missed or where we would have been hadn’t it been for those seasons, notably when we find that we now are promoted to be next to God.
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