Genesis: Joseph (still) impresses me

I know, I know, it's been almost 2 months, and I'm STILL on this whole Joseph kick, and STILL in Genesis. I have to admit, I haven't been the most consistent with regularly reading in Genesis over the past 2 months - I've jumped around a good bit. But this last week I've been back to my normal study in Genesis, and I have to say, I'm impressed all over again by Joseph.

Families are interesting. I recently had some interesting interactions with my family. It's always challenging to make everyone feel happy - sometimes it's even impossible. I was noticing in Genesis how Joseph interacts with his brothers. He almost baits them, setting them up to a test, and then he assesses them from that position. They pass the test.

One of the things I'm noticing is that nobody is perfect - it just isn't going to happen here on earth - but we have the option to deal in grace with people, just like God deals in grace with us.

I photographed a wedding today, and the Pastor mentioned that God's grace is big enough to cover everything we've ever done in opposition to him, but it's also big enough to have already covered what we're GOING to do in the future.

Isn't that amazing? Joseph demonstrated such amazing grace toward his brothers and his family. I want to be someone that understands and accepts God's grace so I can extend it as lavishly.