In today’s 1st reading, we hear about Joseph being reunited with his father Israel & with his brothers in Egypt. Initially, Israel must have feared for his life & the lives of his sons, since he thought his beloved son Joseph had been lost, and he was afraid what would happen to the rest of them. Yet, God reassures Israel that it is ok to travel to Egypt, that this is part of God’s plan, that God will be there with him. We also might fear some of the places we go in life as well; we also might question God’s plan for us. Indeed, Jesus even tells his apostles: “I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves.” Those are not very reassuring words, are they? Yet, we put our trust in the Lord. We realize that God’s ways are sometimes very different than our own ways. As the psalmist tells us today: “The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.” May we indeed put our trust in our salvation that only comes from our heavenly Father through Christ.
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