We Are All Storytellers

 

And He began to speak       

      in parables.

              Mark 12. 1

(We are all storytellers.

God has given

each of us stories 

     of His grace and glory

in our everydays

   and the extraordinary.

There are

    no insignificant tales.

A speaker or writer

can wax eloquent

   with head knowledge,

but when they tell a story,

   the audience wakes up.

A parable literally means

placing one thing

   by the side of another,

positioning a common story

  besides its deeper meaning,

in order to bring understanding.

The impossible stories 

God weaves into our lives

   show us His power

   and reveal His glory

     as a side-by-side

     verbal witness to others.

Jesus told stories

   to bring the "aha" to our souls.)

O LORD,

You have granted us

stories to bring You glory,

a journey of words

        not to keep

   but to share in this world.

May we be bold

   in speaking not just

   of what we experience

but how we have seen You.

You are the grand Author

    of our lives.

May we be faithful

        in the telling.

 

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