In the Old Testament, Abraham’s grandson Joseph gets sold into slavery by his jealous brothers but later gains a powerful post with the Egyptian Pharaoh. In the New Testament, Jesus mercifully cures a woman of hemorrhaging and restores life to an official’s daughter. Comparing crowds around Him to sheep without a shepherd, the Lord sends the Twelve to heal in His name and proclaim the Kingdom of heaven at hand. They would encounter people as vicious as hungry wolves, ready to tear into them. God notices every fallen sparrow, every sinner, everyone, and everything. When under the mistaken impression that God has turned His back on us, do we contemplate what needs turning around in our lives?