Joseph was described as his father’s beloved ( Genesis 37:2) and this favoritism is what fueled the friction within his family.
Joseph’s story begins in Genesis chapter 37 and spans the following 12 chapters.
#PERSEVERANCE BIBLE VERSE MEME FULL#
Like many of us, Joseph’s life was full of plot twists and painful circumstances, yet within the chapters of this story, we are invited to take hold of a new and powerful perspective. One such story is found in Genesis and recounts the struggle of Joseph, son of Jacob. Yet, looking throughout Scripture, we see time and time again how God used unthinkable situations for his good, and we can remain faithful. When dreams are destroyed, we tend to resort to discouragement and begin to believe that God has given up on us or has forgotten us all together. Life as we know it is riddled with subheadings and scenes we never would have foreseen. Like any good story, life often provides us with chapters of triumph followed by sudden changes which tend to foreshadow a roller coaster of themes. As much as I would love to say my life has played out like a storybook fairy tale, I cannot. The fact that many people misunderstand or twist these verses to fit their own agendas does not negate the fact that these are still Holy Spirit-breathed portions of the Bible.Ever experienced a devastating disappointment that left you questioning everything you thought you knew? If so, you are in good company.
(Shouldn’t we want all Bible verses to be in context?) I’m fully aware that many Christians out there, and even false teachers, use these verses out of context. Interestingly, the only verses I seem to receive the “out of context” criticism about are Jeremiah 29:11 and Philippians 4:13. When I post a BVM, I do my best to make sure of three things: a) the meme contains a whole, not partial, verse, b) the meme contains the reference so you can look up the context for yourself, c) the picture that goes with the verse does not suggest a misleading meaning to the verse. The daily BVMs I post are to jog your memory about passages you’ve already studied or to pique your interest in studying the passage surrounding the verse on the meme. That’s the nature of a meme- it contains only a brief thought or quote (which is why you don’t usually see an extraordinarily long verse on a meme, either).īVMs are not meant to be a Bible study, sermon, or exegesis of a passage of Scripture. The criticism I most often receive about Bible verse memes (a picture with a Bible verse on it) is that the verse is not in context. Appreciate it for what it is and don’t criticize it for not being something it isn’t. The grape is good and nutritious in and of itself, but it is not: a bunch of grapes, a full meal, a well-balanced diet, or the buffet at Golden Corral. Reading a meme is kind of like eating one grape (or even reading one verse of Proverbs!). They are not meant to exhaustively cover every aspect of the thought they present. Memes are not books, articles, theses, or even long Facebook posts.
The function of a meme is to convey a brief thought, quote, or joke. Memes- Definition and FunctionĪ meme is simply a picture with words superimposed on it (usually a couple of sentences, max), like the ones in the collage above, that you see on social media. I’d like to try to clear up some of those misconceptions today. Over the course of the last couple of years, I’ve gotten some critical comments about a few of these memes, which, I think, stem mostly from misconceptions people have about what a meme is and the general understanding of the function of memes on social media. I usually post four Bible verse memes every weekday morning on Facebook and other miscellaneous memes at various times on all my social media platforms. I post a lot of memes on my social media pages, mostly Facebook and Instagram.
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