our stories

god is the author.

of my faith.

of my story.

he has written his name

on my heart.

he is...a writer.

i love that.

i often think of him as an artist.

which he is.

but he says that i am his poetry

as in his "workmanship"

which translates as being

a work of art

or a poem.

and my story is important.

and your story is important.

but it doesn't really matter

if we shout 

or whisper.

because he is about

using our stories

to first....

change us.

and then.....

change our world.

as those who walk beside.

behind.

along. 

see us.

they can see him.

and know that he is good.

and that we are beloved.

and so are they.

there are no perfect stories.

lives that look

perfect

are

false.

because it simply is not possible.

this world is broken.

and god uses the brokeness

to bring attention to himself

by being enough

when things look hopeless.

being food to the hungry.

survival to the sick.

compassion to the arrogant.

gentleness to the fearful.

in every need there is,

he intervenes in our stories

so that he can write 

his story to the world

on the tablets of our lives.

the fact is that he loves us.

adores us.

made us to have

a relationship with us.

and he wants everyone,

everywhere

to know that.

to know that he is good.

and they are beloved.

blessings,

dearly beloved ones.