From Pit to Palace

Joseph was seventeen when his own brothers threw him into a pit and sold him as a slave — and that was only the beginning. From Pit to Palace walks Genesis 37–50 chapter by chapter: the dreams that cost him, the excellence that got him promoted in slavery and in prison, the line he would not cross, the two years everyone forgot him, and the overnight moment — fifteen years in the making — when Pharaoh set him over Egypt. The heart of the book is Joseph's own verdict on his pain: "You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good," and a model of forgiveness that is free while trust is rebuilt wisely. Each chapter closes with one small "Your move this week" practice, and the book ends with the Gospel invitation and the Sinner's Prayer. For teens ages 13–18 who have been betrayed, overlooked, or left waiting — Joseph's story is proof that pits are passages, not destinations.

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