Atmosphere

 Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, "Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me." But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?" And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

Genesis 37:9-11 (ESV)

There are many moving parts to relationships. In this instance, a young man relates a dream to his family and gets rebuked for sharing its content.

We know that we do not control our dreams, so why the response?  Was it the atmosphere in a home? The atmosphere creates or dismantles tension. For example, the pressure was directed toward Joseph because of his dad's favoritism. Dad had to say something because the dream was 'insulting' to the other family members, jealousy was dominant in family gatherings, and jealousy always ended in disaster.

What is the atmosphere in your home? Why?