It's Our Love Story: Salvation History

For my 7th Graders as we study the Bible and how it is all ONE BIG STORY, OUR LOVE STORY.

 

It's so easy to relate to the sinners in the Bible. Put yourself in Adam and Eve's shoes as the Devil is trying to mess with their concept of YAHWEH, a loving Father by convincing them, using the name Elohim, that He is just a jealous, power hungry, vulnerable God. Does the devil ever get the better of you with his tricks?

Or relate to the travelers in the Exodus who had to wait 40 years for the promised land because of their own unwillingness to trust in God. How about the Hypocrites, who could never get their words and actions to match, the Sadducees who had no hope, the pharisees who liked the idea of being great? What about Peter who denied God, or Moses who doubted the God who had brought him so far?  You can relate to them too, I bet. And there are a lot of them in our story.

Does the devil play mind and heart games on you like he did to Adam and Eve and all of our ancient family members? If so, welcome to our story...the one God wrote, we kept messing up and He redeemed. (It was looking pretty bleak there for a while wasn't it?) Join the cast list with those who eventually said yes after years of addictive despair, pride, vanity, faithlessness, and sin. It's a pretty funny lot if you really examine it, but it's God's lot. He's the master character developer.

 

Our Love Story

(To Taylor Swift's Love Story)

(God):Adam was there when I first made her.
I closed his eyes, and then I formed her,
She’s standing there, 
In the garden in the summer air.

She saw the lights, saw the beauty, the goodness.
He awoke and beheld her anew,
He said “at last!”, 
and they knew ew ew,

they were special, 
They were dear to my heart,
as a daddy I said, "Stay away from the apple tree."
And I was crying in their hearts, 
Begging them, "Please don't go".

But she said,
"Adam, eat this it will make us wise.”
But I was waiting, all that's left to do is trust.
You be the child, and I'll be your Father,
It's a love story, baby, just say, 'yes'."

So I come in to the garden to see them,
They kept quiet,  thinkin, "we're dead if he knew",
But close your eyes, 
Believe in my Mercy for a little while.

'Cause after their fall, 
My heart ached for their hearts ,
And I promised, "I will make all things new."
Because they were everything to me, 
I was Begging them, "Please just trust".

But many said,
"I can’t do this, I’m gonna run away from You."
Adam, Jonah, Moses, Peter, David, and you too.
You be the child, and I'll be the Father,
It's a love story, children, just say, 'yes'."

(You): "Jesus, save me, satan’s trying to tell me how to feel.
This love is difficult, but it's real.
(God): I said: Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess,
It's a love story, Mary just said, 'yes!'."

(You): Well, I got tired of waiting,
Wondering if you were ever coming around.
My faith in You was fading, 
When I met you in the smallest of towns.

And I said,

"Jesus, save me, I've been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting for you, but you never come.
Is this in my head, 
I don't know what to think,

"I knelt to the ground, and heard as you said,

"Love me, child, you'll never have to be alone.
I love you, that's all you need to know.
your sins are forgotten, I died on the cross, 
It's your love story, child, just say yes."

Ohhhh ohhh

 

No matter what I have always loved you...

No matter what I have always loved you...