Christ redeems our stories.

He redeems the hardest parts and the ugliest parts that we wish we could pretend never happened and uses them for His glory, our good, and to help others.

He used Joseph’s prison sentence to promote him and used that promotion to save his family in the famine.

He used Peter’s denial to teach him that the price paid on the cross was enough for every failure.

He used Daniel’s lion den to prove His power and faithfulness to a king and nation.

He used the house that Rahab used for prostitution to keep the spies from Israel safe and to provide her and her family safety when Jericho’s walls fell.

He used Ruth’s tragic loss to teach her that He could be her God, just like He was Naomi’s.

He used it all, all the shameful, painful parts, to make something beautiful.

Don’t allow the enemy to cause you to live in shame over something Christ has forgiven you from. Don’t allow the enemy to make you hide what He has redeemed.

We are not called to glory in our sin, or our pain, no, but we can glory in the One who brought us out of it.

Christ redeems our story.

Christ redeems YOUR story.