A Dirge For Dreamers #IamBenjamin

* Spirit Of Jesus pray for me
* Moses, Joseph pray for me
* Saints pray for me
* Dedicated to #IamBenjamin

+--------A Dirge For Dreamers; Benjamin's Eulogy At Joseph's Funeral 

As a child in our tent, I remember
his smiling at night sleeping
in that variegated coat, an angel
marching proudly in winged sandals-
his arms extended upwards, fingers
clasping, thirsting unconsciously
even then for a scepter. And SO much
has changed since then! We
languishing, descending into famine,
curse of brothers' betrayal’s barter-he
ascending from pit to prison to Egypt’s
prince, emblem of God’s provision for
his chosen. I love Joseph for his mercy.
For teaching to us all to hold fast to
dreams despite dire cost, because
if you do, in the end, they come true.
(The sun, moon and stars of the
impossible really do bow)

------Genesis 50:15-26
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?” So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions before he died: ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept. His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said. But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them. Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years and saw the third generation of Ephraim’s children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees. Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.” So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.