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May the journal of your life be filled with awesome wonder.
Dear Story, May 19, 2025
I love the name your mom and dad found
for you: Story Joyce Walker.
You are a child with abundant promise,
your own story yet untold, and it is being written day by day. Even as a young
child, not much older than a babe, you will find your Way in God’s story. That
is the higher road you will walk – finding the path our Lord has for you rather
than writing God into your biography.
It seems that you are destined to
share amazing narratives that will touch the hearts of your friends and the
people you meet as you wend your way along the roadways, paths, and
thoroughfares God takes you. Even when it feels like you are being taken where
there are no roads, you will know you are being led by the author and finisher
of our faith, Jesus Christ. Knowing your parents, I am certain those
out-of-the-way places without trails will be awesome, if unexpected. And the
stories you share along the way help those who listen.
It was no coincidence that your first
visit to church was a Communion Sunday. You will grow and develop on the Bread
of Life, and you will be sustained by his blood, the fruit of the vine.
There is something special between two
people when one is named for, or in honor of, another. You have a tie with your
great-grandmother Joyce that goes beyond the genetic connection. I believe it
will be a great blessing to you both. There is Joy in your names, I love it!
Now, about this being a little sister
– it is likely to be an untamed part of your journey; one minute warm and cozy,
the next stormy and cold. I recommend gravitating toward staying warm and safe.
It will help you through those parts of life that can be hard on you. Lake can
be a great anchor when things get stormy.
You will find characters in your
biography who will be friends from your first couple of chapters through the
end of the book. There will be characters who appear for short and significant
periods. Hold on to them. Try not to mourn when they are not with you and
remember how pleasant and delightful they are; awesome friends never really
leave us.
Your quiet demeanor will calm those
with worried hearts. Your vivacious side will light up rooms with joy. Your
rapt attention to people who talk with you will ease their loneliness. People
who watch you play with others, hug others, or even while you are by yourself,
will know God is nearby.
Your name, Story, has some interesting
roots and meanings. One source of the name is Old Norse (a language your mom
and dad can explain about), and it means “large” or “big”. I can see the tie to
your person in this because I believe you’ll have a big heart, and that will be
where Jesus lives and where people will see these wonderful things about you.
Someday, I am sure your folks will share how they came upon your name. In any
case, I believe it fits.
Our God is many things, huge, and has
many aspects about him. He is the Creator, Love, the Great Healer, the Good
Shepherd, the Provider, the Prince of Peace, and he is present. He provides
wisdom, love, grace, forgiveness, and life itself. The Bible tells us that we
are created in God’s image, so I believe we each have a measure of all those
aspects of God. I am looking forward to seeing how Jesus shows himself in you.
It will be spectacular.
I am forever in His grip. Blessings,
Jerry White
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