Embracing My Story
by Beth Vogt @BethVogt My friend, Sherrinda, recommended the book The Artisan Soul by Erwin Raphael McManus. (I�m not going to comment on his wonderful middle name�Raphael�at this point. But I mean � really � Raphael .) One thing Sherrinda said was how she was underlining the book like crazy. So I bought the book � and I am doing the same thing. McManus�s book just breathes truth to my thirsty soul. Today�s quote is one of those truths: Our story is what we have to offer the world. McManus goes on to write: �I wish I had a different story than the one I just lived through, but I am so grateful for the story that has made me who I am today. Even the pain. Even the wound. The sadness was real. The brokeness deep. The scars mine. It�s my story. It�s who I am. It�s how I�m becoming.� Today more than ever, I am embracing my story. Is it the beautiful fairy tale I longed for growing up? No. But it is my story � and as I allow God to soak it in his lavish grace�rather t...