Day Six-August 22
Happy Saturday Family!
I hope you’re having a great start to your weekend and are finding some rest today as you prepare for the school week ahead!
The other day I wrote about how the only reason any of us have a story to tell is because of the Story that Jesus wrote for us on the cross. He perfectly came to earth to live among all this sin, and was killed on the cross and rose back to life so that our sin would be forgiven and we could have unity and relationship with Him. What a beautiful Story - thank you Jesus!
But that Story did not start on the cross…
God has His own Story that He’s been writing since before time began.
From the very beginning, before He created the ocean and the stars and mountains and daisies and kangaroos and peaches and lightning bugs and man and woman… He knew we would sin. He knew you and I, and He knew that we would fail Him. That we would choose other things instead of Him.
And yet, He still created. He still populated the earth and called people His children. God has written countless stories of men and women and families and nations who followed Him, and failed Him. Ran from Him, and returned to Him.
For thousands of years this was the Story. The characters in the Story would be doing really good, and then really bad. And then somehow they’d get worse, and then a little better, then they’d get bad again… an endless cycle of succeeding and failing, being near to God and then so far from Him.
And then, at the perfect time in the Story, a new character enters - Jesus. Although, He’s not really “new.” In fact, He’s been part of this Story since the beginning. From the very start, God knew He’d send Jesus. To put an end to the endless cycle. Because of Jesus’ sacrifice, we always get to be near God. Praise the Lord!!!
But that Story did not end on the cross…
Jesus died and then was alive again. He ascended to Heaven and lives still today! And life has continued on. Thousands of years have passed, countless generations have lived. New land has been found and wars have been fought. Blessings have been given and tragedy has struck. The Story, in all its messiness, continues on.
And in this continuation, we get to be part of His Story. Because of the Lord’s mercy on us, He has allowed us to be characters. And as characters in His Story, our job is to share the heart of The Author. To tell others of how good He is. How He is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in love and faithfulness (Exodus 34:6-7)! We share His heart by sharing His Story.
This messy, rollercoaster, heart-breaking, life-giving, soul-saving, redemptive story. -Allie
I hope you’re having a great start to your weekend and are finding some rest today as you prepare for the school week ahead!
The other day I wrote about how the only reason any of us have a story to tell is because of the Story that Jesus wrote for us on the cross. He perfectly came to earth to live among all this sin, and was killed on the cross and rose back to life so that our sin would be forgiven and we could have unity and relationship with Him. What a beautiful Story - thank you Jesus!
But that Story did not start on the cross…
God has His own Story that He’s been writing since before time began.
From the very beginning, before He created the ocean and the stars and mountains and daisies and kangaroos and peaches and lightning bugs and man and woman… He knew we would sin. He knew you and I, and He knew that we would fail Him. That we would choose other things instead of Him.
And yet, He still created. He still populated the earth and called people His children. God has written countless stories of men and women and families and nations who followed Him, and failed Him. Ran from Him, and returned to Him.
For thousands of years this was the Story. The characters in the Story would be doing really good, and then really bad. And then somehow they’d get worse, and then a little better, then they’d get bad again… an endless cycle of succeeding and failing, being near to God and then so far from Him.
And then, at the perfect time in the Story, a new character enters - Jesus. Although, He’s not really “new.” In fact, He’s been part of this Story since the beginning. From the very start, God knew He’d send Jesus. To put an end to the endless cycle. Because of Jesus’ sacrifice, we always get to be near God. Praise the Lord!!!
But that Story did not end on the cross…
Jesus died and then was alive again. He ascended to Heaven and lives still today! And life has continued on. Thousands of years have passed, countless generations have lived. New land has been found and wars have been fought. Blessings have been given and tragedy has struck. The Story, in all its messiness, continues on.
And in this continuation, we get to be part of His Story. Because of the Lord’s mercy on us, He has allowed us to be characters. And as characters in His Story, our job is to share the heart of The Author. To tell others of how good He is. How He is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in love and faithfulness (Exodus 34:6-7)! We share His heart by sharing His Story.
This messy, rollercoaster, heart-breaking, life-giving, soul-saving, redemptive story. -Allie
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