Above the Sun

"He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought us shalom was on Him and by His wounds we are healed." Isaiah 53:5 It's easy to read the Cross as a single-purpose transaction — sin dealt with, forgiveness secured, account settled. And it is that. But Isaiah 53:5 says more than that, if you slow down enough to notice it. The word translated peace in that verse is shalom — the same word that carries the idea of nothing missing, nothing broken, everything whole. And the verse doesn't separate the forgiveness from the healing. It holds them together, in the same breath, purchased by the same wounds. The punishment that brought us shalom was on Him. Not the punishment that brought us forgiveness, full stop, with healing left as a separate line item to be negotiated for later. Forgiveness for sin. Healing for the body. Restoration for the soul. These were never three different purchases made at three different prices....

"God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night..." Job 33:14-15 One of the first questions anyone asks when they start paying attention to their dreams is a simple, honest one: why doesn't God just say it plainly? If He wants to guide, warn, or reveal something, why not speak in clear sentences instead of rivers and doors, cities and storms, cows and ladders? The answer isn't found in mystery for mystery's sake. It's found in how God has always chosen to reach the human heart. God speaks in symbols because symbols reach the spirit, not just the intellect. A clear sentence can be argued with, deflected, filed away as merely an idea. An image that lodges itself in you while you're asleep — defenseless, undistracted, unable to talk yourself out of what you're seeing — works differently. It bypasses the resistance the waking mind puts up almost by reflex. Job names the real issue plainly: it was ne...

"God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night..." Job 33:14-15 One of the first questions anyone asks when they start paying attention to their dreams is a simple, honest one: why doesn't God just say it plainly? If He wants to guide, warn, or reveal something, why not speak in clear sentences instead of rivers and doors, cities and storms, cows and ladders? The answer isn't found in mystery for mystery's sake. It's found in how God has always chosen to reach the human heart. God speaks in symbols because symbols reach the spirit, not just the intellect. A clear sentence can be argued with, deflected, filed away as merely an idea. An image that lodges itself in you while you're asleep — defenseless, undistracted, unable to talk yourself out of what you're seeing — works differently. It bypasses the resistance the waking mind puts up almost by reflex. Job names the real issue plainly: it was ne...

"God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night..." Job 33:14-15 One of the first questions anyone asks when they start paying attention to their dreams is a simple, honest one: why doesn't God just say it plainly? If He wants to guide, warn, or reveal something, why not speak in clear sentences instead of rivers and doors, cities and storms, cows and ladders? The answer isn't found in mystery for mystery's sake. It's found in how God has always chosen to reach the human heart. God speaks in symbols because symbols reach the spirit, not just the intellect. A clear sentence can be argued with, deflected, filed away as merely an idea. An image that lodges itself in you while you're asleep — defenseless, undistracted, unable to talk yourself out of what you're seeing — works differently. It bypasses the resistance the waking mind puts up almost by reflex. Job names the real issue plainly: it was ne...

"God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night..." Job 33:14-15 One of the first questions anyone asks when they start paying attention to their dreams is a simple, honest one: why doesn't God just say it plainly? If He wants to guide, warn, or reveal something, why not speak in clear sentences instead of rivers and doors, cities and storms, cows and ladders? The answer isn't found in mystery for mystery's sake. It's found in how God has always chosen to reach the human heart. God speaks in symbols because symbols reach the spirit, not just the intellect. A clear sentence can be argued with, deflected, filed away as merely an idea. An image that lodges itself in you while you're asleep — defenseless, undistracted, unable to talk yourself out of what you're seeing — works differently. It bypasses the resistance the waking mind puts up almost by reflex. Job names the real issue plainly: it was ne...

“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” — Psalm 27:13 There’s a phrase that’s carried me through some of the darkest valleys of my life—a simple but eternal truth: “God meant it for good.” I haven’t just read that line in the story of Joseph. I’ve lived it. When loved ones turned their backs. When the pit seemed deeper than the promise. When rejection echoed louder than affirmation. When the ones I loved became the ones who wounded me most... I had to choose to believe that God was still writing my story . Not just in Heaven. Not just someday. But now —here, in the land of the living. From the Pit to the Palace: A Journey I Know Well Joseph’s story in Genesis 37–50 is not a fairy tale. It’s a prophetic blueprint. And it’s personal. Joseph was rejected, misunderstood, stripped of what was rightfully his. But through it all, God never abandoned him. Instead, every betrayal became a stepping stone to destiny. Every delay was divine pre...