"I waited patiently for the Lord.
He inclined and heard my cry.
He brought me up out of the pit
Out of the miry clay.
I will sing, sing a new song.
I will sing, sing a new song.
How long to sing this song?"
~ Psalm 40/U2
"If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied."
~ Paul, I Corinthians 15:9
"Human life...." (is) "....grounded in and constituted by the implicit or explicit stories which humans tell themselves and one another."
~ N.T. Wright, The New Testament and the People of God
Why do I believe Jesus is God?
Because...
He tells a better story about why we are here
He lived a better story so we can live better stories
Stories...
Real and tragic
Beautiful and hopeful
His story is our beginning
There is betrayal and anguish and death and tears
But no ending only an invitation ~ "Come..."
The grief we feel will turn to joy
The tears wiped away
He said...
"I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly."
In the beginning there was a story...
A garden
Humanity
Distortion
Exodus
Exile
Exodus
Embrace
Restoration
A new garden
Living waters
Resurrection
Forgiveness
Grace
Life
A love story for humanity
Making all things new
"The Spirit and the bride say, 'Come.'
And let everyone who hears say, 'Come.'
And let everyone who is thirsty come.
Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift."
~ John, Revelation 22:17
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