Bret Legg
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Sometime you can just tell when something’s not right. You can just tell when you don’t belong where you are. Whether it’s a discontent or a difficulty fitting in, there’s a dissonance in your spirit. You just know it. This was the case…
Ever feel insignificant? Ever feel like you’re just a common, everyday person with no chance of making a major impact on the world? In the book of Exodus, we have: A book containing the mightiest miracles God has ever done, aside from the…
Expectations. We all have expectations before we get married. We have expectations about what marriage will be like. We have expectations about how our spouse will act. We have expectations that tend to become the standard by which we…
Genesis chapter 50 is the close of a long journey for Joseph and his brothers. By the time Joseph’s brothers find him in Egypt, they have come a long way, not just geographically, but emotionally and spiritually also. Joseph’s brothers…
In Genesis chapters 48-49, Jacob is nearing the end of his life and he gives a series of blessings/predictions about each of his children. Though some of these blessings and predictions may seem a little vague to us, I’m sure they made…
I’ve been spending a lot of time with my two-year old granddaughter, and boy does this little girl loves to talk! She starts when she wakes up and doesn’t stop until she’s asleep. This morning, as I was taking her to school (Mothers Day…
In Genesis chapter 47, Jacob and his family move to the land of Goshen. It shows the distinction given to Jacob and his family. While all around them experienced famine, they experienced favor. While all around them had struggles, they had…
In Genesis chapter 46, the story of Joseph and his brothers starts moving toward a happy ending. Joseph, the second most powerful man in Egypt, has finally revealed himself to his brothers; the very brothers who hated him and sold him into…
In Genesis chapter 45, we come to the end of a long and winding road. After all the years Joseph spent in slavery and in prison…after all those years his brothers ignored and forgot what they had done to him…after all those years his…
Many years ago, I was in Paris as part of a mission trip. While there, we had some free time and a group of us went to the Louvre. The Louvre houses some of the most famous art work in the world. Pieces like the Venus de Milo and and the…
In Genesis chapters 43-44, Joseph’s brothers still don’t recognize him, and Joseph continues to test them to see if they have changed. His brothers eventually come back to Egypt for more food, and this time they bring their younger brother…
As a pastoral counselor, I’m expected to draw on Scripture and good clinical practices in order to help couples improve their marriage. But the truth is, you can find great nuggets of marital wisdom in a variety of places. The other day, I…
In Genesis chapter 42, There’s a great famine throughout the land. Joseph had wisely stored up food for just such a time, and Pharaoh puts him in charge of food distribution. So, when Joseph’s brothers come to Egypt to buy food, they come…
Up to this point, Joseph has been wrongly treated and often forgotten. But by the end of Genesis chapter 41, there’s a surprise ending. Pharaoh frees Joseph from prison and makes him the second in command of Egypt. The father’s favorite…
In my last post, Why So Serious, I talked about taking part in a funeral for a lady in our church. She had lived to be ninety-three and was married to the same man for seventy-two years. A mere two weeks after her funeral, we were holding…
I recently took part in a funeral for a lady in our church who died at the age of ninety-three. Living to the age of ninety-three is remarkable in and of itself, but what was even more remarkable was that she and her husband (who is…
Wife: “Don’t forget we’re going to my parents this weekend to help them with that project.” Husband: “What project?” Wife: “Remember, they’re redoing their living room, and we have to help them move all the furniture and repaint.” Husband:…
It frustrates me when I see good and godly people try to do the right thing and suffer unfairly and unjustly for it. It’s hard to watch this happen without somehow doubting the fairness and justice of God. In Genesis chapter 40, you find…
Everyone experiences ups and downs in life. You can’t avoid it. The key is staying consistent despite the ups and downs. Joseph is one of two people in Scripture that lived an exemplary life consistently, despite the ups and downs he…
My wife and I recently returned home from a five day trip to Washington D.C. Actually, if you include a day to drive there and a day to drive back, it was more like a three day trip to D.C. After three days of walking over 13 miles to see…
I woke up in a different bedroom beside a young female I wasn’t use to waking up with. As I looked at her all tangled up in the covers, I asked myself, “How did I get here?” But I realize I’ve brought you into the middle of the story, so…
Glory days are defined as “times in the past that are regarded as being better than the present.” Glory days can be that winning pass of the high school championship, that time we were big on campus and had the hot date, or that carefree…
In Genesis chapter 38, Judah’s oldest son (Er) marries a girl named Tamar. But Er is considered by God to be wicked, and he dies before he and Tamar have a child. In their culture, Tamar is to conceive a child with the next oldest son,…
I often tell people that marriage can be like a bull ride. Here’s what I mean by that… In the beginning, when the bull rider gets on the bull, they look good, feel confident, and are surrounded by a lot of supporters. Those supporters…