Once Upon a Dream...

Day Six: Genesis 35:1 - 40:23

I have become obsessed!

Not obsessed with this blog, but obsessed with the Bible. Everyday I rush home to read the Bible. I feel great about life! This is my joy, Reading The Bible and sharing it with all of you!

Jacob is now known as Israel.

I love how whenever God blesses a person he often changes their name. (First with Abram/Abraham and then with Sarai/Sarah).

So Rachel and her maidservant (Deborah) have both passed away. I had no idea that Rachels death was caused by a difficult birth. It shouldnt shock me though I guess. Dying during birth was very common back then. But her son did live. Ben-Oni (Benjamin).

Joseph - Beautiful Dreamer

Joseph (only seventeen) had a dream, that his sheave of grain (google it) rose up and that his Brothers sheaves began to bow down to it.

To Joseph this was probably just a dream. ( I often have horrible dreams about the Statue of liberty and Ketchup). Joseph was a great guy. His brothers were always very jealous. I cant blame his brothers for feeling jealous. Joseph was by far the favorite of Israel. Israel is the one who gave Joseph his infamous "Coat Of Many Colors" . So naturally his brothers would resent him. This makes me sad.

I do believe that Joseph is the first "big" example of growth in the Bible. God revealed Josephs future by way of two dreams. Foolishly, Joseph told everything to his brothers, who only began to hate him even more. Joseph was very spoiled and naive at this time. You would never think that this later would be the careful, prudent leader who leave prison to rule Egypt (got a little ahead of myself...I think the multicolored font above has made me hyper).

Josephs Brothers Sell Him!!!

The story of Joseph reminds me very much of the movie "The Color Purple". In the "The Color Purple" (really, Ill stop now), Celie (Whoopi Goldberg) has a horribly tragic life. No matter what she does, bad stuff just seems to keep happening. No matter what Joseph does he just keeps getting in worse trouble, and none of it is his fault.

It breaks my heart how upset Israel was when his sons told him that an animal had eaten Joseph. They brought Israel, Josephs "Coat Of Many Colors" ( really, thats the last one ) and told him that a ferocious animal had attacked him. Israel was heartbroken and did not get out of bed.

So when Joseph finally becomes a servant of Potiphar. He has things going fairly well for him. Until Potiphars wife becomes angry due to the fact that Joseph wont sleep with her. Then she tells Potiphar that Joseph tried to violate her. The he gets put in prison ( very depressing ). Then while in prison he meets two men. The two men tell him of two odd dreams they have had, and Joseph tells them what they mean. Joseph tells the first man ( the cupbearer) that when he sees Pharaoh, he should tell him of Joseph, so that once again he could be released.........but the man forgot about Joseph. :(

I love how Joseph never lost his faith. No matter how bad things seem to get for him, he always listens to God. The Story of Joseph is very inspiring.

Joseph cannot catch a break...he lost everything including his "Coat Of Many Colors" (seriously, dont hate....Its totally precious).

I truly love how God is working in my life right now.

Kale