Story

I went to an Andrew Peterson concert this past weekend. In one word - incredible. He has a Christmas album that is anything but traditional, and goes on tour with a bunch of other great artists every year during the Christmas season. He and his friends sing the whole album from start to finish without any pauses or breaks for clapping. He calls it a Christmas musical, but without people dressed up in camel costumes. :)

I love this musical, because it's all about Jesus. They sing about the Israelites being delivered from Egypt, and the people wanting a king to lead them, about their captivity, and then about a man named Joseph and a girl named Mary. And then they had a little boy - Son of God, Son of Man. I love how every part of his musical, and indeed every part of the Bible is a story belonging to a bigger story. A story that all points to a Savior.

I belong to that story. And I think sometimes, I skip listening to the stories in search of straight meaning and purpose and answers. I recently heard someone say that when we watch a movie, we usually don't immediately ask what the purpose of the movie was right after we're done with it. We usually don't ask for the purpose when someone tells us about an important event in their life. We hear, we listen, and we get it if we're really paying attention.

I guess I want to pay better attention to the stories of the Bible, and the stories of truth all around me. I want to know truth and love and beauty and all that God is. Not by searching for some hidden answer in the stories (cuz stories don't have answers), but rather trusting that the truth that's there will take hold and shape me...if I let it.