What Matters

At the risk of sounding extremely Texan: when I was sixteen, I went through a bit of a cowgirl phase—as teenagers tend to do in West Texas, even if they have zero connection to the hard work real cowboys actually do. I faithfully wore my leather boots and bootcut jeans to school every single day, and I listened exclusively to country music.

Like each of the books of the Bible, 1 John was written for a certain age and addresses a specific community of faith. But apparently these ancient Christians were asking the same deep, human questions that we do: Who am I? What is the purpose of my life? And perhaps most of all on days like today, What’s to become of me when I die?

It has been a long journey over these last several weeks as we’ve traced the story of the Exodus, this creation story of the people of God, from their bondage in Egypt, their escape from Pharaoh’s armies, and their years in the desert wilderness learning who God is and who they are.