“Their father Jacob said to them, “It’s me that you make childless. Joseph is gone, and Simeon is gone. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything happens to me! ” But Jacob answered, “My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.”
Genesis 42:36, 38 CSB
Poor Jacob, dealing with a trial of famine, then feeling like he is being persecuted, targeted, singled out and that his family is being taken from him.
How similar is our tendency to get so self focused when we are plunged into a trial. Everything becomes about me, our only thoughts are about fairness, and the impact on the things we care about to the neglect of all the people around us.
Lord, help me to keep my eyes up to see those around me, to understand the impact of the trial on others and to remember that You are still in control!
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