{"id":15921,"date":"2024-12-05T22:54:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T21:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=15921"},"modified":"2024-12-19T21:31:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T20:31:17","slug":"hope-for-today-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/12\/05\/hope-for-today-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope for today #6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15868\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/12\/05\/hope-for-today-6\/hope_for_today_dots_800x124_6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hope_for_today_dots_800x124_6.png?fit=800%2C124&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,124\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hope_for_today_dots_800x124_6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hope_for_today_dots_800x124_6.png?fit=800%2C124&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hope_for_today_dots_800x124_6.png?resize=800%2C124&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"124\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hope_for_today_dots_800x124_6.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hope_for_today_dots_800x124_6.png?resize=300%2C47&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hope_for_today_dots_800x124_6.png?resize=768%2C119&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:24px;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis%2041%3A9&#038;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis 41:9<\/a><br \/>\n\u2018Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, \u2018<strong>Today<\/strong> I am reminded of my shortcomings.\u2019\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nJoseph is in prison. Two years earlier he helped someone, also in prison, by interpreting a dream which gave the cupbearer of our text hope for his future. Upon his release he forgets all about Joseph until the Pharaoh has a dream of his own that no one could interpret. When the cupbearer hears about this, he remembers his old cellmate, and his abilities, which will eventually lead to Joseph\u2019s freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Reflection<br \/>\nDoes the state of the world around us remind us today of our own shortcomings to be hope and light?<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>QUOTE FOR TODAY<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: #FFFF00;\">\u2018The fractured and broken world will one day be put back together again, and the church is a signpost now of what will then be.\u2019<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>(Glenn Packiam, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Worship-World-Come-Exploring-Contemporary\/dp\/0830849319\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Worship and the World to Come<\/em><\/a>, p. 2)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genesis 41:9 \u2018Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, \u2018Today I am reminded of my shortcomings.\u2019 &nbsp; Joseph is in prison. Two years earlier he helped someone, also in prison, by interpreting a dream which gave the cupbearer of our text hope for his future. Upon his release he forgets all about Joseph until the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/12\/05\/hope-for-today-6\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hope for today #6&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[258,45],"tags":[259],"class_list":["post-15921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-devotion","category-guest-post","tag-hopefortoday"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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