BedTime Stories

“…and with a rainbow, God promised to never flood the earth again, the end. Alright sweetie, time to go to sleep.”

“Goodnight mom”

“goodnight dear”

Bedtime stories. We have all heard them, we grew up listening to are parents and Sunday school teachers tell us of all the adventures in the bible. We read little cardboard books with cartoon soldiers and smiling lions. We watched the mini bible storie videos, or veggie tales. bright colors, always a happy ending. These stories seemed so simple in our juvenile heads. These stories weren’t to terrifying, or significant. But they were, they were downplayed, so much so. For the saftey of young kids. i remember the day, years ago, that it hit me. To this day im still in awe of the amazing tales that are told so simply.

There is so much bravery, so many miracles and so much terror, if the bible were made into a movie, it would be Rated “R”. Daniel in the lions den, can you imagine the pure fright that would consume you to be thrown into a dark pit of hungry lions. All alone, waiting to be shredded. I think i would go into literal Shock. Or Noahs ark- would you spend what is now a lifetime building a boat? when everyone around you told you it was foolish? I Long for that type of faith. To be able to guide his family through the torment and ridicule, while directing them in the building process. how much stress?how much mockery?

Abraham waited a lifetime for a son. and God finally gave him what he waited for, for so, so long. Can you imagine, the most precious thing in your life? the person that means the most to you? what if God told you to kill that person, a sacrifice to him? would you have the faith to do that?

In all these stories God remained faithful, and kept his promises. The people were brave, through Christ. I could go on and on about the stories and how incredible every one of them are. i would LOVE to take every story in the bible and write it as a novel. because everyone of them are incredibly interesting. It’s so hard to put myself in the place of these characters, to think of what egypt was like as the Angel of death was passing through or to have been in the garden of Eden when it fell. To have seen the Tower of babble and all the nations Seperated! to see Jesus walk on water, or heal the sick. To see him come back to life!

Easter. Oh, how that was downplayed. Pictures of a man on the cross, so, so much more…I can’t even tell you how many different Easter stories i read as a kid. Those always had a impact. But in reality there was so much more that happened. I to this day have not seen The Passion. and to be honest, i don’t think i can. I don’t want to witness Christ dieing, or the pain and gore he suffered, specially when it was for me, because of me! I know its just a movie. But unlike all those little story books, this movie plays into reality.

So many stories. So much more then bedtime stories. History, amazing history.

As scary as it is…i sometimes wish i had been there…Putting everything i am, into Pure Faith into God Almighty.