It is no secret, that bad news travels faster and has a longevity that seems to restore itself. Unlike bad news, good news seems to die as soon as the events from which they are spurn are completed. The sensationalism that is attached to bad news seems to give it a life of its own. Another reason that contribute to the long life of bad news is; the fact that the negative that is associated with the story, whether the content of the story is truth or not, seems to let us feel better about ourselves; while, good news brings out the good in others and thus highlights our own deficiencies.
A story is told in the bible, in Genesis 39: 6-19 which dealt with Joseph and the accusation that was brought against him by his master’s wife; who with one wag of her tongue, not only put Joseph’s character in question but landed him in prison. It mattered not that, the allegations were not true. We all know, that there are some people who specialized in bearing and putting the spin on bad news.
These people never once take the timeout to find out if the tale they are bearing or circulating is true, or how it is going to impact the person of whom the negitive story is about yet for our own self gratification we find pleasure in keeping such thing alive. I will conclude that all gossipers are liars.
Let us think of what Joseph went through, when potipher’s wife had a lie of such magnitude registered against his character. You may not understand how sever such would have impacted on Joseph’s psyche, unless we understand who Joseph was. I know you are saying I know who Joseph was. But do you really know who he was?
Lets closely examine who Joseph was. Joseph was a youth, who was greatly loved by his parent and admired by his family and peers. Unfortunately the admiration Joseph’s brother had for him, was quickly transformed into jealousy. It is important for us to understand that most people like us when we are not a threat to their turf, their ideologies, their intelligence and the attention they are getting. An insecure person often thinks that you are intruding on what they perceived to be their sphere of influence; then their behavior, admiration and their treatment to you, changes.
The love Joseph received from his parents, the admiration that was showered upon him by his peer, Joseph’s understanding of who Jehovah is, Jehovah’s will for his life, and his faithfulness to Jehovah; give the lad an overwhelming level of confidence. Joseph’s high confidence was not in his ability, but his confidence was in Jehovah. The young man knew, that as long as he is faithful to Jehovah; Jehovah will supply his every need. He was aware that he did not have to yield his integrity, to anyone, for he did not depend on anyone but Jehovah for his daily sustenance, and so many of his detractors often interpreted Joseph’s high esteem as arrogance.
Jehovah communicated with Joseph through dreams, and as an acknowledgement of Joseph’s faithfulness; Jehovah show Joseph the bright future that awaits him. Because of Joseph’s naively, he proudly shared with his friends and family the grandiose plans Jehovah has in store for him and as a result, he was mockingly called: the dreamer. Joseph was not only confident he was proud, and this was seen in his demeanor, the way he walked, the tone in his voice, the things that he did, the people he associated with and the place that he went.
Joseph knew that he had his parents approval but most of all he had Jehovah’s approval and this give him a boldness that make other uncomfortable. Joseph did not hesitate to bring to his father’s attention the bad deeds of his brothers. I will like to believe that Joseph did not cowardly squeal on his brothers. I could imagine Joseph letting his brothers know before hand, of his intention to inform their father of their bad behaviors, dishonest actions, and inappropriate conduct etc. I also believed Joseph was the objective voice or the voice of reason when he was with his family, friend or any group he was in. not afraid to call wrong, wrong no matter who was offended and he took the time to acknowledge and celebrate that which was right and those who take the time to do such.
In other words, Joseph was a dignified young man and his dignity was on public display for all to see. No one was too poor, too dirty, too pitiful, too uneducated for him to associate with. I believed he measured the worth of a man base on the quality of his character rather than the abundance of his possession. The way he walked, spells dignity, his conversation was dignified and the way he dealt with people had dignity written all over it.
But today he was accused of raping his boss’ wife; this meant that Joseph betray the trust of the man who trusted him over all of his other servants, even servants who were in his employed for many years before Joseph. His master trusted him with all that he had, that was of value to him; even his wife.
What good is pride and dignity amidst such horrible allegations? The evidence was overwhelming but the crime was certainly out of character. I could imagine, some of the potipher’s servants even though they did not believed that Joseph was capable of doing such rejoiced at his downfall.
Although, the allegations that were brought against Joseph, by potipher’s wife were not true, there was no way Joseph could have proven them to the contrary; for the evidence was overwhelming.
When you find yourself in such situation what do you do. We very often try to explain our self out of our predicaments; however, our words only help to get us even more tangled than we were before.
We all know very well how it must have hurt, when some one, tells a lie on you, or when someone misjudge an innocent action, or spoken words, and use such to cast a negative aspiration on you, which you have no plausible explanation for.
It matters not what your adversities are, or what damage were done to your character, if there is one thing I know is; there is no quick method to repairing your character when someone have willfully or unwillingly cause your character to come into disrepute. A good character which was wrongfully blemished will always be vindicated but it takes time; however it takes time and no special effort from you but you must continue to live your life, ensuring you continue to practice integrity in all that you do.
After the allegation, Joseph was immediately cast into prison, his honesty and Jehovah inspired wisdom were quickly recognized by the jailer who like potipher promoted Joseph allowing him to manage the entire prison.
When the King of Egypt needed help and got word of Joseph’s gift, an investigation was conducted; the conclusive report that outlined the findings about Joseph was so overwhelming that the Joseph was elevated to the high post in the land, accountable only to King Pharaoh. Even those who hated Joseph, who were jealous of Joseph, and those who craved his destruction had to give an honest report about him. I can imagine them saying, Joseph is an honest man but he is arrogant, He is kind but he is snobbish, he is loving but he love to have his own way, he is faithful but he don’t worship our Gods; he appear to be a good man but there is something about him, that I just cannot seems to put my hands on it.
We must always remember that our character will take some hits; however an honest man do not need to do anything to vindicate his character but to continue to live his life base on integrity and in the fear of Jehovah and he in the fullness of time he will be vindicated.
A story is told in the bible, in Genesis 39: 6-19 which dealt with Joseph and the accusation that was brought against him by his master’s wife; who with one wag of her tongue, not only put Joseph’s character in question but landed him in prison. It mattered not that, the allegations were not true. We all know, that there are some people who specialized in bearing and putting the spin on bad news.
These people never once take the timeout to find out if the tale they are bearing or circulating is true, or how it is going to impact the person of whom the negitive story is about yet for our own self gratification we find pleasure in keeping such thing alive. I will conclude that all gossipers are liars.
Let us think of what Joseph went through, when potipher’s wife had a lie of such magnitude registered against his character. You may not understand how sever such would have impacted on Joseph’s psyche, unless we understand who Joseph was. I know you are saying I know who Joseph was. But do you really know who he was?
Lets closely examine who Joseph was. Joseph was a youth, who was greatly loved by his parent and admired by his family and peers. Unfortunately the admiration Joseph’s brother had for him, was quickly transformed into jealousy. It is important for us to understand that most people like us when we are not a threat to their turf, their ideologies, their intelligence and the attention they are getting. An insecure person often thinks that you are intruding on what they perceived to be their sphere of influence; then their behavior, admiration and their treatment to you, changes.
The love Joseph received from his parents, the admiration that was showered upon him by his peer, Joseph’s understanding of who Jehovah is, Jehovah’s will for his life, and his faithfulness to Jehovah; give the lad an overwhelming level of confidence. Joseph’s high confidence was not in his ability, but his confidence was in Jehovah. The young man knew, that as long as he is faithful to Jehovah; Jehovah will supply his every need. He was aware that he did not have to yield his integrity, to anyone, for he did not depend on anyone but Jehovah for his daily sustenance, and so many of his detractors often interpreted Joseph’s high esteem as arrogance.
Jehovah communicated with Joseph through dreams, and as an acknowledgement of Joseph’s faithfulness; Jehovah show Joseph the bright future that awaits him. Because of Joseph’s naively, he proudly shared with his friends and family the grandiose plans Jehovah has in store for him and as a result, he was mockingly called: the dreamer. Joseph was not only confident he was proud, and this was seen in his demeanor, the way he walked, the tone in his voice, the things that he did, the people he associated with and the place that he went.
Joseph knew that he had his parents approval but most of all he had Jehovah’s approval and this give him a boldness that make other uncomfortable. Joseph did not hesitate to bring to his father’s attention the bad deeds of his brothers. I will like to believe that Joseph did not cowardly squeal on his brothers. I could imagine Joseph letting his brothers know before hand, of his intention to inform their father of their bad behaviors, dishonest actions, and inappropriate conduct etc. I also believed Joseph was the objective voice or the voice of reason when he was with his family, friend or any group he was in. not afraid to call wrong, wrong no matter who was offended and he took the time to acknowledge and celebrate that which was right and those who take the time to do such.
In other words, Joseph was a dignified young man and his dignity was on public display for all to see. No one was too poor, too dirty, too pitiful, too uneducated for him to associate with. I believed he measured the worth of a man base on the quality of his character rather than the abundance of his possession. The way he walked, spells dignity, his conversation was dignified and the way he dealt with people had dignity written all over it.
But today he was accused of raping his boss’ wife; this meant that Joseph betray the trust of the man who trusted him over all of his other servants, even servants who were in his employed for many years before Joseph. His master trusted him with all that he had, that was of value to him; even his wife.
What good is pride and dignity amidst such horrible allegations? The evidence was overwhelming but the crime was certainly out of character. I could imagine, some of the potipher’s servants even though they did not believed that Joseph was capable of doing such rejoiced at his downfall.
Although, the allegations that were brought against Joseph, by potipher’s wife were not true, there was no way Joseph could have proven them to the contrary; for the evidence was overwhelming.
When you find yourself in such situation what do you do. We very often try to explain our self out of our predicaments; however, our words only help to get us even more tangled than we were before.
We all know very well how it must have hurt, when some one, tells a lie on you, or when someone misjudge an innocent action, or spoken words, and use such to cast a negative aspiration on you, which you have no plausible explanation for.
It matters not what your adversities are, or what damage were done to your character, if there is one thing I know is; there is no quick method to repairing your character when someone have willfully or unwillingly cause your character to come into disrepute. A good character which was wrongfully blemished will always be vindicated but it takes time; however it takes time and no special effort from you but you must continue to live your life, ensuring you continue to practice integrity in all that you do.
After the allegation, Joseph was immediately cast into prison, his honesty and Jehovah inspired wisdom were quickly recognized by the jailer who like potipher promoted Joseph allowing him to manage the entire prison.
When the King of Egypt needed help and got word of Joseph’s gift, an investigation was conducted; the conclusive report that outlined the findings about Joseph was so overwhelming that the Joseph was elevated to the high post in the land, accountable only to King Pharaoh. Even those who hated Joseph, who were jealous of Joseph, and those who craved his destruction had to give an honest report about him. I can imagine them saying, Joseph is an honest man but he is arrogant, He is kind but he is snobbish, he is loving but he love to have his own way, he is faithful but he don’t worship our Gods; he appear to be a good man but there is something about him, that I just cannot seems to put my hands on it.
We must always remember that our character will take some hits; however an honest man do not need to do anything to vindicate his character but to continue to live his life base on integrity and in the fear of Jehovah and he in the fullness of time he will be vindicated.
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