{"id":1158,"date":"2010-12-05T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/bblog2\/client\/index.cfm\/2010\/12\/5\/Parashat-Vayigash-Holding-onto-God-in-the-midst-of-our-suffering"},"modified":"2012-09-29T16:19:24","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T16:19:24","slug":"parashat-vayigash-holding-onto-god-in-the-midst-of-our-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/parashat-vayigash-holding-onto-god-in-the-midst-of-our-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"Parashat Vayigash, Holding onto God in the midst of our suffering."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<!-- Place some text here to wrap near image --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;One of the most memorable moments in the Story of Yoseph (Joseph), in this week&rsquo;s Parsha, Parashat<br \/>\nVayigash, is when Yoseph wept over his brothers forgiving them of their sin against him.&nbsp;<br \/>\n<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Bereshit \/ Genesis 45:2 He wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it,<br \/>\nand the household of Pharaoh heard of it.&nbsp; 45:3 Then Joseph said to his brothers, &lsquo;I am Joseph!<br \/>\nIs my father still alive?&rsquo; But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.<br \/>\n&nbsp; 45:4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, &lsquo;Please come closer to me.&rsquo; And they came closer.<br \/>\nAnd he said, &lsquo;I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.&nbsp; 45:5 &lsquo;Now do not be<br \/>\ngrieved or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.&nbsp;<br \/>\n(NASB)<\/em><\/font>&nbsp; Yoseph&rsquo;s suffering was meant for good, to save and to preserve life.&nbsp;<br \/>\nYoseph understood that we cannot escape the trials and tribulations that come our way as believers and that<br \/>\nit is imperative we hold on to what we know about God and worship Him in the midst of our suffering.&nbsp;<br \/>\nYoseph&rsquo;s testing and trials resulted in his testimony for the Lord, <em>&ldquo;<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&hellip;<br \/>\nGod sent me before you to preserve life.&rdquo; <\/font><\/em><br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/2010-2011\/Parashat%20Vayigash%20_2010-2011_.pdf\">Read More here.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;One of the most memorable moments in the Story of Yoseph (Joseph), in this week&rsquo;s Parsha, Parashat<br \/>\nVayigash, is when Yoseph wept over his brothers forgiving them of their sin against him.&nbsp;<br \/>\nBereshit \/ Genesis 45:2 He&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-weekly-parashah"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}