Whenever I travel for leisure, as I did this past week to visit with our families, I take along 2 or 3 books for pleasure reading on airplanes or during downtime wherever we are staying. My favorite genre is biographies, and as I was reading the stories of Satchel Paige and Bob Cousy this week, my mind kept going back to you. These two athletic stars of the last century were giants of their times, but to my generation and beyond, they are mere names in history books. I can grab any historical register for their respective sport and get their career accomplishments; to delve into who they are as men is quite a different story.
My mind kept going back to you because I wonder oftentimes what is the story that we are developing with the life we lead. If an historian were to come along 50 years from now and catalog your life, what would emerge?
As men and women of the Christian faith, ours is a story that is part of a much bigger story. Ours is a story that continues the story of God's creative and redemptive work in creation. Through his grace and love, creation came into being, and all things will be reconciled to God when Christ comes again in glory.
Whether or not some historian or author comes along 50 years from now to catalog your life story or not, make no mistake about it - you are writing your story. The imperative for us is to remember that our story needs to point not to what we do, but to what Christ does within and through us.
See You Sunday!
Lamar
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