Grace is In Our Stories

At the end of a long and complicated story, Joseph looks back over a life marked by betrayal, loss, unexpected turns, and eventual reconciliation. He does not pretend that the harm done to him was good. He names it for what it was - and still recognizes that the harm did not have the final word. God had been at work bringing life out of what others intended for destruction. Sometimes grace is easiest to recognize in hindsight. Looking again at our lives does not require us to erase the painful parts or explain everything that has happened. It invites us to notice where love sustained us, where something new grew, where people showed up, and where God kept working even when we couldn’t yet see it.