“God Meant It unto Good”
On the path of forgiveness, Jesus Christ’s atoning power can flow into our lives and begin to heal the deep crevasses of the heart and soul…To all who are brokenhearted, captive, bruised, and perhaps blinded by hurt or sin, He offers healing, recovery, and deliverance...Joseph of Egypt lived a life with ashes...Yet he trusted in the Lord... When Joseph met his brothers as a great leader in Egypt, his forgiveness and refined perspective were manifest in the gracious words he spoke... Through the Savior, Joseph’s life became “beauty for ashes.”
- Kristin M. Yee, Beauty for Ashes: The Healing Path of Forgiveness
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[W]hen our worthy desires are not granted in the way we had hoped, it may actually be for our ultimate benefit. For example, Joseph the son of Jacob was envied and hated by his brothers to the point that they plotted Joseph’s murder. Instead, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. If ever a person might have felt that his prayers were not answered in the way he had hoped, it could have been Joseph. In reality, his apparent misfortune resulted in great blessings to him and saved his family from starvation.
- Brook P. Hales, Answers to Prayer
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Joseph might have condemned his brothers and sworn revenge. He might have soothed his pain by scheming to get even someday. But he did not...During a devastating famine, Joseph’s brothers traveled to Egypt for food. Not recognizing Joseph, they bowed down to him because of his high position. Surely at that moment Joseph had the power to exact revenge. He might have put his brethren in prison or sentenced them to death. Instead he confirmed his forgiveness....Joseph’s will to forgive changed bitterness to love.
- David E. Sorenson, Forgiveness Will Change Bitterness to Love
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"Patriarchal blessings contemplate an inspired declaration of the lineage of the recipient. A patriarchal blessing also includes an inspired and prophetic statement of the life possibilities and mission of the recipient. It may include such blessings, promises, advice, admonitions, and warnings as the patriarch may be prompted to give. It should always be made clear that the realization of all promised blessings is conditioned upon faithfulness and the Lord’s will”...I can testify to you that these blessings are inspired and are personal revelations to the recipient.
- Richard D. Allred, The Lord Blesses His Children through Patriarchal Blessings
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[W]e are seeds. And for seeds to reach their potential, they must be buried before they can sprout. It is my witness that though at times we may feel buried by the trials of life or surrounded by emotional darkness, the love of God and the blessings of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ will bring something unimaginable to spring forth...Joseph must have wondered if God had forgotten him. God had something unimaginable in mind for Joseph. He used this period of trial to strengthen Joseph’s character and put him in a position to save his family.
- President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, God Will Do Something Unimaginable
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Joseph was, by the standards of the world, “not learned.” …But Joseph’s keen mind was being awakened and expanded as the tutoring words of the Lord and of past prophets flowed through his quickened consciousness. In fact, he was the very seer foreseen anciently by the earlier Joseph in Egypt!…Meanwhile, the ancient records [he] translated will be with us “from generation to generation as long as the earth shall stand.”... I thank the Father for providing such a seer! I thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for calling, directing, and tutoring Joseph!
- Neal A. Maxwell, Joseph, the Seer
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