Joseph went from a pit to a prison to running all of Egypt. Nearly 20 years' delay, and one verse that held it together: meant for evil, used for good.
Peter denied Jesus three times. Jesus cooked him breakfast anyway. In Matthew 16:16, Peter said what no one else had the nerve to say out loud: “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Ten chapters later, Jesus was under arrest. Inside the high priest’s house, the religious leaders were charging Jesus for claiming to be exactly that. Out in the courtyard, three different people recognized Peter. Three times Peter swore he didn’t know the man. The same number of times
