The Story

Several years ago I happened upon a book that revolutionized the way I look at life in general. Or at least the way I try to look at life. The basic premise is, there is more. There is more to our lives, more to this existence. We are part of a larger story. Here is a quote I read today from a later work by one of the authors.

Christianity isn’t a religion about going to Sunday school, potluck suppers, being nice, holding car washes, sending our secondhand clothes off to Mexico. This is a world at war. Something large and immensely dangerous is unfolding all around us, we are caught up in it, and above all we doubt we have been given a key role to play. -Waking the Dead

Isn't there something deep within you that screams "YES!" to this? To know that there is an epic story occurring and somewhere, somehow I'm not only connected, but a integral character in the final outcome?

I matter.

So do you.

They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony;
they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring—those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus.

Revelation 12:11 & 17