A Story

Behind our life is a story.  God knows the plan he has for our story . . . a plan of a future and a hope . . . if we choose to enter into it. God has issued the powerful promise: For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11

The three words are powerful to think about:  FOR I KNOW.

Sometimes life can be so downright difficult that it seems that God is not present. That said, we can see  God more clearly when we take our focus off of the struggle.  The thing is . . . it is not always easy to see beyond the struggles of life.  The three words bring it all back into focus . . . FOR I KNOW. God knows the plan that is beyond what we can imagine.  

So . . . I look at little Madelyn . . . who has been at home with Tricia and Troy for about 3 ½ weeks.  It is clear that God merged their lives together.  One little baby girl born in China plus two adults from Oregon equals an incredible story of a new family. That said, Tricia and Troy chose to enter into what more God had for them . . . and it was a process to get where they are now.

     God issued their story to be a story of a future and a hope. They entered into the story God had for them.

 The people in the ancient days were not any different than you and I.  They needed ways to remember that God transforms our lives with a future and a hope when we enter into it.  The people finally chose to enter into the future and hope that God had planned for them.  Joshua knew it was imperative to remember what God had done for them. : He said to the sons of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What are these stones?' then you shall inform your children, saying, 'Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.' Joshua 4:21-22

We are transformed when we enter into what God has for us.  Accordingly, there is power in sharing the story of God in our life.  We become stronger when we tell the story of what occurs with God in our life. Others are stronger when they hear that God is faithful to bring a future and a hope to our story. 

Enter into the future and hope God has for you.
Purposefully remember the activity of God in your story.

Mark moments that define a future and a hope.

Tell the story.

Learning with you to KICK START the day by telling the story,

Pastor Kerrie

 (written by Kerrie Palmer © 2010 All Rights Reserved)
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