Worth Repeating

“Again!” said the little girl in the back.

“What do we say?” said the mom in the front.

“Pweease!” said the girl.

“OK.” Said mom as she punched some buttons and the song we have heard so many times we have forgotten how many started playing again.

That was a familiar conversation between my daughter and granddaughter on our recent vacation trip together. After we got to our condo in Denver a similar conversation involved which princess movie we would all enjoy watching. By the end of the week the songs from “Little Mermaid” and “Tangled” were rolling happily around in my head.

At one point I was on my way out to take out the trash and stopped to watch the end of “Mermaid.” Joyce looked at me and asked, “How many times have you seen this?” “Oh, a half a dozen,” I said as I turned toward the door with the trash. “This week alone,” I said to myself.

A really good story, like a good song, is worth repeating. We all want to hear a story with a good Hero, a good Heroine, a conflict to overcome, a villain who is defeated, and a happily ever after ending. After all, it is the story we all hope will be our story. It evokes emotion and gives us hope in a happy ending in spite of all the struggles we all go through. We want to be the Hero or Heroine of our own story.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is a story worth repeating. Our personal testimony is a story like all epic stories. Through Jesus we experience the rescue from disaster and rise above circumstances. Jesus makes us all heroes and promises a happily ever after.

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.” 2 Timothy 4:7-8

Bro. Robin