FMF:STORY
Do you know this song?
This is my story,
This is my song,
Praising my Saviour, all the day long…
There is one big story – the story of the God who created the world and all that is in it and saw that it was good.
The God who so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him will have eternal life.
The creation story and the redemption story is the story of the Bible – It is the Gospel.
Likewise we each have a story, the story of our creation, our response to it, and our redemption.
This is my story. This is my testimony – what I have seen, heard, experienced and witnessed.
My story is my truth and my witness of praise to my Saviour.
It always strikes me how St Paul loved to tell his story over and over.
He spoke only about how he was the greatest of sinners, but God…
He spoke of his journey on the road to Damascus and how Jesus spake, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?’
This was his story, his testimony. It was therefore his way of presenting the gospel.
Read and ponder how St Paul tells the Gospel through his story.
(You will find it in Acts 9 and again in Acts 22.)
Ask Jesus what the nuggets of your story are? What He wants you to share?
Which parts most give glory to Him, the Saviour? Ask Him,
What is my story, my testimony, my song of praise to my Saviour and God?
Then share this for His glory.
Every Friday, I join an online Christian writing community, Five Minute Friday. We are given a one-word prompt and write – unscripted, unedited, pure free-write – for 5 minutes. The prompt this week is: STORY.
Actually, I do read through my script afterwards to correct my mistakes, underlined in red; to check scripture references and to find an appropriate image to illustrate the topic.
dawnfanshawe 
Great song, Dawn! Your highlights by Paul sound like the book I was reading today by Jerry Bridges, The Blessing of Humility.
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Thank you for your encouragement. The song has become an earworm.
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I’m not the story,
I am the page
that carries God’s glory
to this troubled age.
I can’t be the tale,
but must be the ink
that helps Christ prevail;
I must be a link
in that faithful chain
from Paul to tomorrow,
whatever the pain,
whatever the sorrow.
Lord, let me be brave,
there’s a lost world to save.
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Amen and Amen. Love the poem, Andrew. Thank you and May it be so for you and for us all.
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I love that song Dawn, and thanks for bringing up the fact that we should ask the Lord what parts of our story He wants us to share. Different people may need to hear different things. ❤️
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Yes, thank you, dear Dawn. ❤
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