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'Joseph' – a reflection<br />
It has been suggested that I share with you the 'poem' with which I concluded<br />
the 9.00am service on 25 October, the penultimate week of our study of the<br />
'Joseph story'. That week's theme was 'Forgiveness and Reconciliation' and I<br />
wanted to convey that our study also requires practical application.<br />
David Browning<br />
If you were at church on the 8 th September,<br />
then I'm sure that you will remember,<br />
we showed a film that was rather groovy;<br />
a lavish production – 'Joseph' – the movie!<br />
“What's it about?” Do I hear you say,<br />
you couldn’t make it on that day?<br />
That's a shame, but the answer is this -<br />
'It's based on a story from Genesis'.<br />
I expect it's a story you well know,<br />
about things that happened a long time ago -<br />
(probably the equivalent, in its day,<br />
of 'EastEnders', 'Neighbours', or 'Home and Away'.)<br />
It's a story of a dozen brothers,<br />
who between them had four mothers!<br />
'Jealousy' was therefore rife<br />
and caused the family lots of strife!<br />
Their father, Jacob, tried to cope,<br />
but, peace among brothers? - little hope!<br />
The odds were stacked at eleven to one -<br />
Against young Joseph - Jacob's favourite son!<br />
When Jacob gave Joseph a coloured coat,<br />
that really got 'the brothers' goat'<br />
Now they hated brother Joe,<br />
because their father loved him so.
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