Scripture verses that caught my attention today: Genesis 37:21-22 But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.” 22 Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand and restore him to his father.
Observation: Reuben had his good points and his bad. Earlier he had done wrong by sleeping with his father’s concubine. But here he tries to preserve Joseph.
Application: We humans are a complicated lot, filled with virtue and dysfunction. Out of the same mouth come blessings and curses, words of encouragement and words of disdain. We can do something incredibly worthwhile and even holy one moment, and in the next moment we can do or think something despicable.
For this reason it’s hard to totally write anyone off and also hard to get overly enthused about anyone either. And I feel that way about myself as well.
Prayer: Lord, thanks for your care and concern for us when we are good and even when we are not so good. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
(Scripture readings today included: Genesis 37-38, Psalm 7, Luke 15)
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