Yesterday I wrote about the concerns some of the women headed to Pensacola Beach at this very moment may be having about devoting three and a half days to focusing on God’s Story of Grace. Some of their friends or family may be asking, “Why are you doing this?” I hope the answer is a loud and clear, “Because God will bring new love and life out of this holy time.” Here is a paragraph excerpted from my Living Story Study Guide which describes our grand goal:
Spreading the grace and mercy God has lavished on us is the essence of loving in God’s story of grace. “We love because He has first loved us.” As we grasp more deeply the story of grace Scripture tells, and as we grasp grace in our own stories, we will be compelled to perform two essential acts of love: to forgive and to live. Grudges and gripes will melt away in the warmth of God’s grace. As they do, we will live freely and love passionately, eager to spread the good news of the gospel to our broken world. The gospel tells us, “A new king has arrived. This king has defeated death and destruction. A rebuilding plan has begun, and as a citizen of this kingdom, you have a part to play in this restoration.” As we consider our own stories, we see not only our fallenness but also how God has created and redeemed each one of us with a unique giftedness. He calls us to bring this giftedness to the kingdom efforts. Loving in God’s story of grace means to live our mission as our message, in other words, to use our stories to grow God’s glory.
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