--The Storyteller
Psalm 78:1-4

"Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable." (Matt.13:34)

~~Jesus used stories to communicate truths He wished to teach. The parables He told stayed long in His first hearers' minds, the same way they do with us when we hear or read them now. Crowds followed Jesus to hear Him talk, forgetting entirely what time of day it was or even if they ought to stop and eat. Isn't that how it is with a really good story?

When God sent His Son into this world in human flesh, His "illustration" was complete. His people hardly imagined that Jesus' life--from the humble birth as a baby in Bethlehem to the cruel death on the cross at Calvary--was the story they'd had glimpses of for thousands of years.

The greatest tragedy was when many did not realize that the very Creator of the story of their lives was right in their midst. Don't miss Him as He speaks to and beckons you. ~
-- - cross
I love to tell the story
'Twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old, old story
Of Jesus and His love. ~~

Haven Today ~

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]