8th December

[Gen 45:5]Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Ah, Joseph. Such an unlikely hero, a dreamer, a boastful favourite, sold as a slave. Yet dreaming isn't all he does, and somehow, he comes out of there to help the whole civilised world build a future. There's hope for us all.