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Scars and Stories

"Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near." Hebrews 10:25 I sat at the island in my kitchen listening to Grandma Fish share stores of her adventures with Grandpa Fish. What a cool experience! She had quite the life with him and while her stories made me miss him, I relished in her listening to her talk. We all have stories to tell, life lived, scars to explain. Many times we are too hurried or rushed to hear the fullness of someone's life. We think we know someone's story because we read about it on Facebook or Twitter or heard about it from a friend. We know in our hearts, however, that the stories portrayed on the internet aren't our full life or even our real life. God, the author and perfector, creates beautiful, magical, crazy stories in our lives. He does this for us to live a fully abundant life but also that we may share with one another how we are journeying th