A man was driving through a mining region one Sunday when he noticed a large number of mules in an open field. When he inquired about this unusual sight, he was told that the work animals had been brought up from the dark mining passages below to preserve their eyesight. Unless they were regularly exposed to the sunlight, they would eventually go blind.
As we follow his story Joseph once again finds himself wrongfully cast into the darkness. Rather than depression or despair he hangs on to his spiritual vision which guides hime through the days of darkness and preserves his sight for the brighter days ahead. When we encounter great darkness we also must seek out and focus on the light of God to preserve our spiritual vision and our moral compass as well.
