Chewymom

A couple of weeks ago, Brig got a big surprise in church. As our pastor was preaching, he called out to Brig and asked him a question. Brig turned bright red and answered, and then he heard our pastor use him as a sermon example. The text our pastor was preaching through was Genesis 30:25-43. Read this transcription of this sermon excerpt and be encouraged!

God in His wisdom writes stories, that though, like Jacob’s aren’t what we plan–aren’t what we expect–often are disappointing and often are hard, turn out better that we would have ever planned it. Turn out better than we would have ever written.

October 27th. There’s something happening on October 27th! Brig, what’s happening on October 27th?

Brig: My birthday

Your birthday! It’s Brig’s birthday on October 27th! Seventeen years old….You know, there’s something about Brig. He’s special. You know, you look at Brig, and he displays the image of God in a way that’s different than the way that you and I will ever demonstrate the image of God.

When you and I meet people, we’re categorizing. Where do they fall socially? Where do they fall economically? Where do they fall popularity-wise? Brig simply meets people. That’s a lot closer to the way God meets people.

When most of us are expecting children, we have something in mind. If we’re expecting a son, we’re thinking a better ball player than Lebron James. As handsome as Ben Affleck. As smart as Albert Einstein, and as great of a leader as Rudi Giuliani. You know, I look around this room, and I see no one that is as good of an athlete as Lebron James. I see nobody that’s as handsome as Ben Affleck. I see no one that’s as smart as Albert Einstein; particularly not rolled up in one package. But who would rewrite the story? Who would rewrite the story? No one! Brig’s story is better than any we would have written! Our children’s’ story is better than any we would’ve written. It’s not what you plan, but God gives you something better.

And you see, it’s that way with all of our disappointments. Right now, some of us are in the midst of hardship we can’t imagine–we never imagined would happen. We’re experiencing difficulties that were never on our radar screen and that seem bigger than we can handle. We wouldn’t write it that way! But you see, God is wiser than us, and He is writing a story of our lives that’s better than any we’d ever write.

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