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Interpreting Your Story
The Bible is full of stories.
We are multi-storied people of various origins formed by identity-shaping influences. We bring our stories into our present, whether we are aware of it or not. Our stories can give us perspective and insight into our future and even bring clarity to vocational discernment. We also find common ground and connect on a human level by telling our stories as all of our stories have moments of joy and pain.
Paul reminds us in Ephesians 2:10 that you are God’s poem, and, like a painting, you can be a masterpiece and a work in progress at the same time.
Your story is also sacred. Faithfully telling and listening to one another’s story is one of the single most important practices we can do as followers of Jesus. How your story is received by others can actually change your understanding of your narrative and help you make sense of your life. Author Ian Cron states, “if broken stories remain unconscious then they run the show and pull the strings where we are stuck in ruts of being. If we don’t deal with these ruts, then our stories live us rather than us living our own story.”
Part of the Holy Spirit’s task is to weave our broken story into God’s story, which includes the renewal and restoration of all things. What if you have the agency and power to go back and review your story and change the way that you see it?
The Japanese art of Kintsugi, mending broken pottery with gold, illustrates how something that is broken can become something new, something more valuable and beautiful than before it was broken. This is the invitation of Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, as he removes the power of shame in our lives, invites us to be our authentic self and shows us how to run the race we are in.
The stories highlighted in Hebrews 11 look back at the stories of people’s faithfulness to God even though many experienced a variety of failures. Your story isn’t finished.
Take a moment with God.
What part of your story needs to be interpreted through the light of God’s story?
If you haven’t told your story to someone, what trusted mentor or friend who listens well can you share it with?
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Adapted from TruNorth Cooperative’s City Lab, this plan is designed for 20-somethings and young professionals who want to reflect deeply on gospel transformation in their own lives so they can participate in the gospel renewal of the workplaces, communities, and cities in which they live. TruNorth exists to help twenty-somethings find their bearings as they settle into life and faith in the City and is an expression of Cru City.
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