Joseph – Dreamer and Deliverer Broken Dreams and Family Fracture His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind… (Genesis 37:11) Broken Dreams and Family Fracture Genesis 37
The Matter Was Kept in Mind When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”… (Genesis 37:10)
The Matter Was Kept in Mind His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind… (Genesis 37:11)
The Matters that We Keep in Mind
What God Had in Mind When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said. “Don’t shed any blood… (Genesis 37:21-22)
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. (Genesis 50:20)
What God Has in Mind – is What Matters