The Plot Thickens

The Bible provides the basic outline. God's first draft was designed to be a perfect love story. He created a man and a woman to live in fellowship with him and with each other in fairy-tale bliss. The setting was so beautiful it defied description. No tears. No death. No sorrow. Then a serpent slipped in, and sin spoiled Paradise. With the fall of man, God began unfolding the greatest story of all-his incredible plan of redemption. And so the saga continues, right down to this very day. The conflict between love and hate remains the central theme. What Satan intends for evil, God still turns for good. But go ahead and flip the pages. You'll see this story has a happy ending. A glorious finale complete with trumpets and fanfare and an old-fashioned camp meeting in the sky! But in the in-between part-well, that's where you and I come in. For tucked among the twists and turns of the everyday plot are valuable lessons about who God is and how he works and how we fit into the tale. Lessons like the ones Mary and Martha learned the day they feared their brother's story had ended and all hope was gone. (From:Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World)