When Time Stopped Before the Third Cancer – Why I Put Down My Pen (2019–2025)

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Prologue – As If Time Stood Still For weeks, I couldn’t bring myself to write. It wasn’t because I lost interest, and it wasn’t for lack of ideas. My heart and mind were simply too heavy. Everything froze when we heard the news of my mother’s third cancer. I had always wanted to keep sharing pieces of our daily life here, but this time, writing took a back seat to simply enduring. So today, I want to share gently why I had to stop writing — and what this unexpected season has meant for our family. 1. A Small Sore on the Tongue – The First Cancer In 2019, my mom mentioned a small sore on her tongue. We all thought it would heal in a few days, but strangely, it didn’t. Even after medication and ointment from the ENT clinic, nothing changed. The doctor suggested a biopsy at a larger hospital. I will never forget my mother’s face when the results came back. The word “cancer” shattered her. She walked out of the hospital room in silence, tears streaming down her cheeks. Thankfully,...

Joseph Made His Brothers Weep – His Identity Revealed and Forgiveness Given [Genesis 45]

In the previous post, Joseph tested his brothers. He falsely accused the youngest, Benjamin, and waited to see their reaction. Then Judah—the one who once suggested selling Joseph—stepped forward and pleaded to take Benjamin’s place as a slave. That moment felt so unbelievable, I had to turn back and reread the Scriptures to make sure it was the same Judah. In today’s story, Joseph sees his brothers’ hearts and finally reveals who he is. It’s like a scene straight out of a drama. But this isn’t fiction—it’s a moment of truth, of tears, and of grace that restores what was broken.

Joseph Reveals His Identity – Reconciliation and God's Purpose

Joseph weeps and embraces his brothers one by one – 요셉이 형제들을 끌어안고 함께 우는 장면

Joseph couldn’t hold it in any longer. As he saw the sincerity of his brothers, all the emotions he had bottled up came pouring out. He sent everyone else away and wept aloud in front of his brothers—so loudly that Egyptians heard him, and news reached Pharaoh’s palace.

“I am Joseph,” he said. “Is my father still alive?”

But his brothers were speechless. They couldn’t believe it. Fear and shock gripped them as they realized the man before them was truly Joseph.

Joseph drew them closer. “I am your brother Joseph—the one you sold into Egypt.”

And what followed were not words of anger, but words of comfort. “Do not be distressed. Do not be angry with yourselves. It was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.”

Joseph pointed not to their sin, but to God’s plan. “To bring about a great deliverance, God sent me before you. It was not you who sent me here, but God.”

He urged them to bring their father to Egypt. The famine would last five more years, and he wanted them to live together in the land of Goshen.

Then Joseph embraced Benjamin and wept. Benjamin wept too. One by one, he kissed all his brothers and wept with them. Only then did the brothers finally begin to speak with Joseph. What had long been frozen between them began to thaw in tears.

Joseph wept. His brothers stood silent. How much time passed in that silence before a single word was spoken?

The Bible quietly says, “Then his brothers talked with him.”

Joseph never condemned them. Even through suffering, he saw God’s plan—and that perspective became the first step toward reconciliation.

Each of us likely carries such a relationship. Unspoken feelings, conversations left unsaid, silence we’ve grown used to. But if we see from God’s perspective—and let faith come before emotion— even silence can become a doorway to healing.

👉 Next: Jacob’s Journey, Reunion in Goshen, and Settlement [Genesis 46–47]