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Love conquers all! Because God is love. And, when love is applied to our life situations, nothing can withstand its power. As Christians we are to master love and be mastered by it, acquiescing completely to its influence. When God’s love rules over our hearts, it purges soul stains. It empowers us to love ourselves so we can love God and others. Unfortunately, although it empowers, love can be painful.

Such was the kind of love that eventually liberated Joseph’s heart. Incarcerated by the pain of being sold into the hands of a foreign nation by the brothers who stood before him, Joseph’s heart finally was freed of its agonizing when it was touched by love. Love was his heart’s deliverer. After a passionate plea from Judah that Joseph take his life in place of Benjamin’s, Joseph got emotional because of Judah’s love for their father and youngest brother. The charade was over. It was time to come clean.