THIS IS MY STORY PART 2: THE AUTHOR

After Hebrews 11, a series of stories of the heroes of faith, comes Hebrews 12. The second verse gives a beautiful description of Jesus. He is called “the author and finisher of our faith.” This tells us something vitally important about our stories:

they not only have an author but they also have a finisher.

An author often starts out with a basic plot in mind for his characters. He has a general idea of who they are and how their story will unfold. However, as pretty much any fictional author will tell you, characters seem to develop minds of their own throughout the writing process, taking the story in a direction the author did not intend.

When this happens, some authors force their characters to abide by the original plan, resulting in a forced story.

Other authors cannot figure out what to do with their characters and so they abandon the story altogether.

And then there are the other authors – the authors who recognize that their characters have done something different with the plot but who are gifted enough to keep writing the story from where the characters are in the moment. They do not give up on the story or the characters.

We have an Author like this.

You see, He is not just an Author – He is also a finisher. No matter how your life has unfolded, He will not give up on your story. An author may start a story but a finisher sees it through until the end.

​How fortunate our stories are to have both.

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CHERI GRISSOM
Cheri Grissom works with music and media at Gateway UPC. Read her bio here.

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