Through the lens of Young adult

You are at an age where some things have been done to you that you are still trying to figure out how to carry. A friend who betrayed you. A parent’s choices that shaped your childhood. A church that wounded you. A relationship that took something. A version of yourself you cannot get back.

The temptation is one of two extremes. Pretend it didn’t happen — push it down, move on, never address it. Or let it define you — carry it as the lens through which you see every new room you walk into.

Joseph models a third move. Name the evil. Trust the Father to repurpose it. Let it become part of how He saves people through you.

Joseph never said it didn’t happen. He said his brothers planned evil. But he also refused to let that be the last word. The same Father who let the pit happen had already been planning the palace. The evil was real. The repurpose is also real.

One small thing today: name one thing that has been done to you. Tell the Father. Ask Him what He has been planning to repurpose through it. Don’t rush His answer. He is in the business of making the evil into bread for someone else.