Do the memories of our unconfessed sinful past, live very near the surface of our mind and spirit? So near that should a crisis or disaster overtakes us in our lives, the guilt that we have learned to live with, will explode and burst through our veneer of self-respectability to accuse us in all its ruthlessness? Could that be what had happened to Joseph's brothers?

They were in Egypt to get food because of the famine. Before them, was their 'long-lost brother', Joseph - whom they had sold into slavery. They did not recognize him. Supposedly to test their truthfulness, he commanded them to bring from home, their youngest brother; and for insurance kept one of them in prison. That's when the overload occurred. They said to one another, "'Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that's why this distress has come upon us'".

But, what was the long-lost brother's response? He was weeping.

Today, God weeps over us. God weeps over all that we have ever done that enslaves us to a life of guilt. That state of guilt, that springs up again and again to accuse us - leaving us fragile...weak...messed-up inside. Today, something can be done about that guilt. It is said, God is more willing to forgive than we are to confess.