DAILY COGNISANCE:
The Power of a New Chapter –
The story of Joseph and his brothers
(Genesis 45:4-7, 50:19-21)
A narrative of betrayal, suffering, and ultimately radical forgiveness and reconciliation.
Drama Message:
Setting: A modest but well-kept tailor’s shop in Accra, Ghana. KWAME is meticulously working on a garment. His older brother, Ekow, who has been estranged from him for years, stands hesitantly at the entrance.
(Kwame, hearing a sound, looks up and his face hardens as he sees Ekow. He immediately returns to his sewing, his movements stiff and deliberate.)
Ekow: (Nervously) Kwame… your shop is looking good. You’ve done well for yourself.
Kwame: (Without looking up) What do you want, Ekow?
Ekow: I… I came to… I heard you are looking for a new supplier for your fabrics. I know a man… he gives very good prices.
Kwame: (Stops sewing and looks at Ekow, his eyes filled with old pain)
You have some nerve. After what you did? You cheated me out of my inheritance, left me with nothing. You think a cheap fabric supplier can erase that?
Ekow: I know what I did was wrong, Kwame. I have lived with the shame of it every day. I was foolish and greedy. But I am a different man now. I found my way back to the church… I… I am trying to make things right.
Kwame: (Lets out a bitter laugh) Make things right? Some things cannot be un-done. You left me to struggle while you enjoyed my father’s legacy.
(Ekow takes a tentative step into the shop, his expression one of genuine remorse.)
Ekow: I have been reading the story of Joseph in the Bible. His brothers sold him into slavery. They wished him dead. Yet, when they stood before him, hungry and desperate, he had the power to destroy them. But he didn’t.
Kwame: I am not Joseph. And this is not ancient Egypt.
Ekow: But the God of Joseph is our God too. Joseph told his brothers, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” He saw God’s hand in his suffering. He chose to see a bigger purpose.
Kwame: (Falls silent, the whir of the sewing machine now replaced by a heavy quiet)
Ekow: I am not asking you to forget what I did, Kwame. I am asking you to see that God can bring something good out of it. Perhaps my betrayal forced you to build this business with your own two hands, to become the man you are today, strong and independent. I am not excusing my actions, but I am asking you to consider that God’s plan was bigger than my betrayal. He didn’t want our story to end in bitterness.
(Ekow’s voice is thick with emotion. Kwame looks around his shop, at the colourful fabrics, the finished garments, the evidence of his hard work and success.)
Kwame: (Slowly) I have worked hard. And I have prayed… I prayed for a way to let go of the anger. It has been a heavy load to carry.
Ekow: Then let it go, my brother. Not for my sake, but for yours. Let God write a new chapter for us. A chapter of forgiveness, and maybe, in time, of restoration.
(Kwame looks at Ekow, really looks at him for the first time in years. He sees not just the man who wronged him, but a brother humbled and repentant. He slowly nods.)
Kwame: Tell me about this fabric supplier.
(A single tear rolls down Ekow’s cheek as a faint smile touches Kwame’s lips. The process of healing has begun, not by ignoring the past, but by choosing to believe in a future redeemed by God’s grace.)
Conclusion:
Narator: (Voiceover) have you been wounded or treated badly sometimes and you could not see any posible healing, but only to daily remember this urgly incidence like Kwame? Let go today and embrace a healing process to take over. God has made you justified.
[End Scene]
Sunday June 8th, 2025.
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