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Day 14, or January the 14th. Joseph is the favourite,

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and it shows. Our thought today is rooted in

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Genesis, chapter 37, verse 3. Now Israel loved

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Joseph more than any of his other sons, because

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he had been born to him in his old age, and he

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made an ornate robe for him. First, the big picture

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surrounding this verse. Ten of the sons of Jacob,

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now called Israel, are grown men and working

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hard in the family business. Jacob's two babies

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are still at home. Joseph is just a teenager

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and his younger brother Benjamin, who is no more

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than a child. The ten brothers, plus the two

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youngsters, will eventually grow into the twelve

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tribes of Israel. Joseph is a bit of a dreamer

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and naively shares his amazing dreams with his

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brothers, who instantly dislike him because of

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them. To cap it all, he is given an ornate robe,

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better known today as the Technicolor Dreamcoat.

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The design of it is such that you can't wear

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it and work at the same time. Only the heir to

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the family fortune will wear such a garment.

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and as the eleventh of twelve brothers, it doesn't

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seem right to them that it is worn by Joseph.

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His brothers sell him into slavery, and tell

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his father that wild animals have killed him.

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This news almost kills the old man. Joseph serves

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in Egypt in the house of Potiphar, but is unfairly

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dismissed and thrown into jail. And now our action

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step for today. It's acceptable to have a favourite

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chair at home. It's okay to have a favourite

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book or a favourite meal, but it is totally unacceptable

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to have a favourite child, and even worse to

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make it public. In every family there are times

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when one child is more likeable than their brother

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or sister, but all of them are to be equally

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loved. Liking is something we can choose to do

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or not. Loving is a commandment that Jesus gave

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us and we have no choice. Even when we don't

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like someone, we are commanded to love them.

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So be as lovable as you know how today and make

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it easy for someone to love you.