"Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like." (Luke 6:47)
You know "the rest of the story." I have been taking particular note this time through the Gospels as to just how much our Lord Jesus Christ used stories, aka, parables, to teach and preach, to communicate the, "The Good News of the Kingdom."
Years ago I was in a conference of the organization which sponsored the underground seminary program in Eastern Europe during the communist era. One of the participants said that he had been noticing how illustrative I was in communicating with others, i.e., stories, illustrations. I remember later thinking of a few people in one of the congregations which I served years ago who did not like me using stories of my football career. They thought I was just bragging. Whatever, I have a renewed appreciation of story-telling-Kingdom-Life sharing. Apparently, I'm in Good Company.
Let me encourage you today to realize that testimonies are a form of story telling, parables, if you will. There are so many around you who need your particular story, the Gospel "according to" you! "What's your story?" Tell a dying world.
Father, in Jesus' Name, help us all to follow Your example of story-telling. Amen.
*****************
I'm sending our latest contributions for the Ukrainian People this coming Monday.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the caIll to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
