I'm sure that was one of the first questions that popped up in your mind! Manasseh was the son of Joseph - the one from the Bible.
In case you're not familiar with Joseph's story...here's the back-story.
Joseph was one of 12 boys. He was his father's favorite and his brother's knew that.
Joseph was a dreamer. One night he shared one of his dreams with his brothers.
In hindsight, I'm sure he would probably add it to his "things never to do again" list.
They hated him for it all the more and they plotted against him. Long story short; they ripped his favorite coat - the one with many colors, sold him off into slavery, doused the coat in blood and told their father he was dead.
That's some really crappy stuff from people who are your F-A-M-I-L-Y, right?
Fast forward a decade of two, Joseph grows up and becomes the 'top dog' in the Egypt. Back at the ranch, his father sends his brothers to Egypt to ask for grain because they were out. Of all people, who do they have to beg from....you got it...JOSEPH! They didn't recognize him. But Joseph had them pegged from the moment he laid eyes on them. Here's the coolest part of the story, the Bible says(in Genesis 42)
"9 Then Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them,"
His first thought wasn't, "Oh no they didn't! Dirty heffers sold me off into slavery, and lied to my fathers, ripped my expensive designer coat...and they want help from me?"
(Meg-translation)
The only thing he remembered was his dream. The dream he'd shared with them years before was that they would all bow down to him. The very act of betrayal and wrong doings catapulted him into his dream...his destiny!
He then named his first son, "Manasseh" meaning 'causes me to forget'.
This last month or so has been quite an interesting time for us. It's been a time of transition. Trey is moving on to a new job and I just walked away from my job as a producer at WAFB (channel 9). I could go into a long narrative of unfortunate events, but it's really unnecessary. We are both in the place that God wants us in right now.
For a long time we've wanted to get our business(videography) off the ground, especially in the recent months. We firmly believe that this is a divine opportunity, orchestrated by God ALONE, to launch us into our dreams.
This blog bears the name 'Manasseh' because our hope and dream is that everyday we are given, our focus will not be on the portal that got us here, but the God-given dreams which we are passionately pursuing.
