Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Our Story

"This is written on the human heart, this longing for happily ever after. You see, every story has an ending. Every story. Including yours. Have you ever faced this? Even if you do manage to find a little taste of Eden in this life, even if you are one of the fortunate souls who finds some love and happiness in the world, you cannot hang onto it. You know this. Your health cannot hold out forever. Age will conquer you. One by one your friends and loved ones will slip from your hand. Your work will remain unfinished. Your time on this stage will come to an end. Like every other person gone before you, you will breathe your last breath. And then what? Is that the end of the Story? If that is the end, this Story is a tragedy."

John Eldredge, Epic

"God has set eternity in our hearts. We've been trying to express it in the stories that we tell. Or rather, it has been trying to express itself, this eternity written on our hearts. And the scripture bears witness that, in fact, the best of those stories are very close indeed to what is about to happen in our story. Follow me into this. It will take your breath away."

John Eldredge, Epic

God has set us in His Story, and is giving us intregal roles to play in it. What is your role? Are you a willing performer, or an understudy waiting for their time to shine? Every single person has a part in His Story, and there are no "bench warmers." It's time you figured out your part and got into the scene, as it isn't quite right without your involvement. "Action..."

1 comment:

Heidi said...

I love that your blogging Chuck! Sorry for the sabatical, but I'm finally back in blog world and it feels good to be home (or on my home page at least). :)