Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Genesis 45:3-7 NIV
Belief in the sovereign nature of God allows the believer to be forgiving rather than vindictive.
Many things happen in our life that bring us to today - some we do - some are done to us - but I believe that in all things God is in control.
Have you been harboring ill feelings because of something that happened in the past?
Allow God to turn your thoughts to forgiveness . . .
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