We are
assured and know that all things
work
together and fit into a plan for good
for those
who love God and are called
according
to His design and purpose.
Romans 8:28
This is
bedrock, solid foundation,
for how we
tell our narrative.
There is a
God who walks with us
and has a
plan involving good for us.
It is
according to His design and purpose.
That is the
thesis of our story.
For many,
there is a fearful, awesome
and
beautiful collision taking place,
a collision
involving reality and truth.
It is a
collision of narratives.
There is
the godless narrative that
even
Christians get wrapped up in.
It is the
story of life happening,
things not
turning out like we planned,
of loss and
death and pain.
It is the
story of accumulating things
and going
at break-neck speed,
and
reaching and grasping and hoping
that it
will all turn out ok in the end.
And then
there is the narrative
involving
Yahweh, the God of creation,
the Holy
Trinity--Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
not only
witnessing the formation of the earth,
but
actively present in every now moment.
We are
familiar with this story;
we even
bank all that we are on its truth.
But
sometimes we get caught in the other.
For this
one to be the dominant narrative,
we have to
strip away all the false ideas
and the
striving and the doing and
the fear
and the masquerading.
Because for
many of us,
these have
become our reality.
But He is
drawing us to Himself so that
we stop
switching between narratives,
at least
less than we once did.
When
standing in the pressing tension
of what we
thought and what actually is,
in the
midst of feeling unworthy, angry,
shameful, discouraged
and sad--
God says to
us, "See, I am here in your midst."
Our union
with Him becomes more important
than
anything else we see.
We place
Him back at the center of our story.
Which makes
our story different and
helps
others see their story differently.
"All
things working together for good."
Even when
things are really hard.
This world doesn't need doctrinal debates
or switchback narratives.
They need narrators that tell the story of a God
actively and benevolently involved in now.
A God who has a plan to work
all things together for good.
A God whose motivation is love.
Because at His very core, He IS love.
"You can either keep digging the channel
or find the actual spring and let it flow
toward you, in you, and from you."
St. Theresa of Avila
He is our life source
and He is always good.
His life and His goodness
become our source of life.
And for everyone our lives touch.
That is the cry of my heart.
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