Genesis 43-45

So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, I pray you.” And they came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. So it was not you who sent me here, but God... (Genesis 45:4-8a)

Somehow Joseph has arrived at a wide view of his circumstances, and he shares it with his brothers. They had sold him into slavery in Egypt, but according to his broad vision, God had sent him there. They had tried to rid themselves of him, but God had used him to preserve their lives. Joseph forgives his brothers. The family seems to be reconciled.

How wide is your viewpoint, reader? How far does my forgiveness reach? Who in the world needs to be reconciled?