Greatest Stories Ever Told

May 19, 2024
 
Reflections From the Heart of Allan Redenius
In the last two weeks, I’ve attended two musicals, Tuck Everlasting and Beauty and the Beast.  Each of these imaginative story lines cause me to ask of myself, “Why can’t I write a story like that?”  Of course, I remind myself that there have been a host of those kinds of unfulfilled aspirations in my life, from driving a race car to flying a jet.  Although, in my imagination, I am the fastest race car driver, Top Gun in the Air Force.  Then I wake up and remember my race car was a green 1954 Chevrolet sitting in the garage.  My jet airplane was a particularly high branch on an old apple tree.
 
My racing career goes something like this.  Speeding, thundering down the back stretch, entering into the third corner, Allan’s car enters low on the track.  Only one car to pass before the infamous checkered flag.  Picking up speed, dirt flying (this is a dirt track, ya know 😊), coming out of turn number four, he races into the lead.  Can he hold on?  Of course I can.  I win!  I win because it’s my story.  Who likes their imagination to let them down in defeat?
 
As for my flying career, that old apple tree served me well as we sped through narrow canyons, mounted to the sky above with after burners on full throttle.  Oh no!  Trouble with the engine.  Losing altitude.  The ground is speeding upward.  Time to bail out.  At the last moment, I eject from the swing as it hits it’s pinnacle.  A split second of weightlessness and I’m on the ground.
 
Sure, I can write a short imaginative story, but a novel of any length, with multiple characters and story lines, (not to mention the music), just might be out of my ability.
 
Talk about multiple story lines and characters, the best examples can be found in the best book ever written, the Bible.  Here’s the amazing part about the Bible.  Every story line, every character points to one person, Jesus.  No imagination, no speculation, only truth does the Bible speak.
 
What is truth?  Jesus said it in John 14:6.  “I am the way, the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
 
Believe it!
Pastor Allan
 
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