People can lay hands on us, which puts us in pits, prisons, or palaces, and yet those hands do not define us.

Other people's authority around our lives may limit us. It may delay the dreams God gives us for humanity and His heart. Yet Joseph, in the older testament never gave up on those dreams.

Whoever we are, whatever our background, our history. Whether we are young, or old, we may have different abilities. Whoever we are, we are responsible to seek out and come to know the dreams of God’s heart for us and others. That we will be free to enjoy the beauty of life whether we are in a pit, a prison, or a palace.