Consequences for the “favorite”: Becomes selfish and self-centered, “bratty,” smug, “spoiled,” arrogant, insolent, a tattle-tale, a tale bearer. This is a description of Joseph as a teen-ager.  He was his father’s favorite son out of twelve sons.  He received a special gift of a many-colored coat from his father; his eleven brothers received no special […]

Life is filled with births and deaths.  God’s unchanging promises are for all who turn to Him in trust.  He is to be leaned on in the joys of births and He is to be leaned on in the sorrows of deaths. Jacob knew sorrows – his mother’s nurse died and he buried her.  (Genesis […]