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These are words spoken by the patriarch Joseph on the day that he revealed himself to the brothers who had sold him into slavery. From Potiphar’s house to prison dungeon to Pharaoh’s palace, Joseph’s life has been a “roller coaster” of emotions and experiences orchestrated by God for a purpose that was not lost on him. That purpose, which he states clearly to his brothers, is very simply this: “To preserve life.”
It is a remarkable thing to be involved in the saving and preserving of life. Medical professionals – doctors and nurses, alike – would know this. Police officers and emergency “first-responders” would as well. On less frequent occasions, average citizens find themselves in situations where immediate, and often heroic, action is required, and in the rearview mirror of their action they have the satisfaction, even the joy, of knowing that they did something “to preserve life.”
Well, few of us possess the training or the certification to perform a life-saving medical procedure, and our life circumstances may prevent us from serving as a police officer or an emergency “first-responder”. And even fewer of us would find ourselves in positions like Joseph’s where we hold the authority and power of life and death in our hands. But each one of us can be a “preserver of life” through our work for and support of Daybreak.
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