And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.” Removing his signet ring from his hand, Pharaoh put it on Joseph’s hand; he arrayed him in garments of fine linen, and put a gold chain around his neck. He had him ride in the chariot of his second-in-command; and they cried out in front of him, “Bow the knee!” (Genesis 41:41-43a)

Revolutions of life
Turn the one on his knees
to the one to whom all bow
Strange turnings
from day to day
Will we remember those days of aching knees?

Seen above (and on home-page mastheads): “And God was not in the whirlwind” by Connie Backus-Yoder.

Readings are from Streams of Mercy: a meditative commentary on the Bible by Ann Kristin Haldors Fontaine (used with permission of the author.)