Genesis 50:6 Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
I don’t think, as a culture, we know how to handle death and grieving well. I know, as an individual, I struggle with both the permanence of the physical loss and the enormity of the emotional pain. Should I cry and sob, scream and wail, exhausting myself with the effort of expending all the emotion? Is it better to stop the tears, bottled up the grief?
Genesis 50:7 So Joseph went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh’s officials accompanied him—the dignitaries of his court and all the dignitaries of Egypt—
1 Thess 4:13 reminds me that we do not grieve as those who have no hope. Psalm 56:8 reminds me that God knows every tear that I cry, all of my sorrows, so I know the process of grief and grieving is important to the process of healing, and I know that my Creator cares about my grief and pain.
Genesis 50:8 besides all the members of Joseph’s household and his brothers and those belonging to his father’s household. Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
God of the grieving, Thank You for the reminder that You care about our heartaches. Help us learn to grieve fully our earthly losses so that we don’t get stuck in our grief and pain. Thank You for the reminder that we do not grieve as those who have no hope. Amen.
Genesis 50:9 Chariots and horsemen also went up with him. It was a very large company.
Have a blessed day.