I choose the Story of Jesus

As I leave the building the words echo in my mind...

          " I miss my dad..."

      Where is he I ask...

          " In another city, I only see him every once in a while...

     My parents divorced a year ago...

           And I miss him

     They never had fights really...

     But when they got a divorce it was like watermelon being sliced in half

         You cant put it back together."

He is 10. And I was stunned by how he explained this situation to me...stunned and sad.

My heart bleeds for them. All of them.

I am sad as families struggle to make sense of what life should be. 

I am sad for the kids. 

For the families...For the circumstances...

This last month...since I got home, I have been busy. 

Busy with mentoring, counselling and walking alongside many who are broken. 

Mostly students and families.

Sometimes it's overwhelming because I can't help them.

Their stories are so tough, sad, broken...

But I am reminded today...they need another story.

Not my story...or their friends ...

They need the story of Jesus.

 A story of  Faith, Hope and Love. A story of Healing...

Grace...Forgiveness...Mercy...

A story that is so much more...

than what we can ever hope for or we could every give each other.

I don't think things will get easier...

I do know I will be doing this forever...walking along side people.

It's my heartbeat.

But I know I am not alone...and it's not my story I am sharing with them.

It's the story of Jesus Christ through me.

We all need another Story...

It may not change our circumstance...

But

I

KNOW

IT

WILL

GIVE

ME

HOPE

I choose the story of Jesus.

Who's Story are you going to choose?

Jeremiah 29:11   "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Proverbs 23:18   "There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off."

1 Corinthians 13:13  "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love…"