Telling the Story

A couple of months ago my wife and I bought a piano as we decided we needed to learn a little music to help our 6-month-old daughter have a more well-rounded life.
The thing is, neither me, nor my wife, knew how to play a piano. We got a great deal on a beautiful console-type piano from a wonderful farming family in Latexo.
With some help from my mom, who knows how to play the piano, and some lesson books she gave us and some we bought for ourselves, we are slowly playing notes that can resemble a song now and then.
I was able to buy a book last week that had an assortment of hymns in it, including my favorite hymn, "I Love to Tell the Story."
"I love to tell the story of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love.
I love to tell the story, because I know 'tis true;
It satisfies my longings as nothing else can do."
For those who grew up in the country churches around here, I am sure you know the song well, and it has been in my heart ever since I was a child.
The words to the hymn are from a poem written by Katherine Hankey in 1866. Actually the poem was in two parts, the first part asking about who Christ was and the second part of the poem answered the first poem's question. The poem was called, "The Old, Old Story." Part one was called, "The Story Wanted," while part two was called, "The Story Told."
That's what Christ is. For those who don't have Christ in their lives, they want him and their soul longs for Him. They need that story, whether they realize it or not. But, after we have Christ, we are charged to do the telling.
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20)
The days of this world are getting short. We have a purpose, and that is to serve God with all of our heart, all of our soul, and all of our mind. Fulfill that purpose and share the free gift God offered to all — that is the forgiveness of sins through the sacrifice Jesus Christ made on the cross and through his resurrection, we can spend eternity with our Savior.
Now, isn't that a story worth telling.