Day Twenty-Eight: You Can't Always Know...

I was watching Franklin this morning with Elias.  You know, the children’s cartoon about the family of turtles?  Yeah, me either.  I happened upon it today.  It was my first experience and funny enough, it made the blog for today. I won’t tell you the riveting plot of Franklin’s adventure today, but I’ll tell you what his grandmother said to him during the poignant moment in the show:

You can’t always know the importance of something until you know the stories and special memories hidden inside.

I grabbed my computer and typed it immediately.  I don’t know why it struck me the way it did, but I knew I had to write about it.

I think it’s because I’ve become convinced of the power of story and the way we connect to each other and to God through it.  And this quote made me think of Rick- the way he lived his life, the way he understood this very statement and the way it drove him to know people more deeply and care for them more profoundly.

I also thought of the many people who’ll be coming to the release party, or the people who’ll read Desperate Hope.  I can’t know the importance of their attendance at the release or their exposure to the book until I know the stories behind these people… and I may never know them on this side of eternity.  But they’re there and I am in awe of the way their stories will intertwine with mine.  There is something very powerful about that to me.  It makes me more excited about the people coming to the release. It makes me quit worrying about the numbers.  Whether many or few, those who are coming are purposed to be with me at the concert, with each other.  And there are “stories and special memories hidden inside” all of them.  What a beautiful thought to know Rick’s story- GOD’S STORY- is a thread that runs through all of them!

- C

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