Monday, May 31, 2010

You can't love God and hate your story

Most of us do not have a problem with God being our Creator. It is seeing him as the author of the story of our lives that gives us trouble. Did God put sexual abuse in our stories? Infertility? Is he the reason some of us are single and feel like the unchosen widows and widowers of our day? Did he give us a spouse that sometimes drives us insane for a reason? Is it possible to love God and hate our stories at the same time? Is it possible to enjoy the Bible if we are not awake to our own story?

I love these questions because they are pregnant with our deepest passions. They hold out so much opportunity for us to become more alive towards God even if the aliveness is birthed out of significant confusion, rage and hurt. God loves to take the deep questions of our souls and draw us into his epic story if we are willing to question, feel, remember and re-write.

The next three weeks we will begin a series at Restoration called, "To Be Told." A good friend of mine wrote a book by the title. I hope many will join us as we seek to know our stories, find God through them and make them better.

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  1. UnknownJune 14, 2010 at 9:25 AM

    I have had my time on the wrestling mat with God, and like Jacob... I now limp. I have not only wrestled with Him, but with His wife. When I was wrestling with God regarding the response of the local christian community to my failure, I was reminded by a good and wise friend that "it is inconsistent to say you love Jesus but can't stand His wife". He encouraged me to wrestle with God and reconcile with His bride - a needed but humble step.

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