learn all about God's Restoration Story in this excellent book!
One pitfall of writing — going looking for a good quote…I have been wandering in and out of good quotes for the past 20 minutes, tweeting and clipping, but far far away from the chapter of my Bible study I was writing. Nevertheless, you may as well benefit from my lack of productivity. Here’s a quote on story from one of my favorite books on story, Restoring Broken Things, by Steven Curtis Chapman and my dear friend, Rev. Scotty Smith. If you haven’t read this book, I dare you:) :
“God’s Story has a certain redundancy to it. His family is consistently revealed as Cinderella with amnesia, Frodo with cataracts, and Robinson Crusoe with ADD. We forget our privileged identity, lose sight of our amazing destiny, and wander into all kinds of self-defeating calamity.
More importantly, this story has a most certain redemption to it. By documenting the failings and foibles of his children, God has made his Story all the more authentic, beautiful, and believable. Much more significantly, he has magnified the glory and grace of his Son, Jesus, who by his life, death, and resurrection has secured a never-ending ending to God’s Story—an ending more wonderful than anything we could ask or imagine. This book is committed to surveying and savoring this certain redemption and its magnificent fruition.”
