I tend to nibble on books, by the way. I always tend to set a good book down after a chapter and let it sink in. As a result, I'm constantly wrestling with the library over when a book is due and how often I can renew it.

One book, however, has most of my attention right now. And I'm only done with 2 chapters and an introduction! It's called God of My Father: A son's reflections on his father's walk of faith by Dr. Larry Crabb, Jr. and Lawrence Crabb, Sr. The book is a fascinating foray into a father's life and his son's understanding of that life.

I just read a quote from it and I thought it good enough to give it to you. Larry Crabb, the son, writes,

I've received no greater gift from both my parents than the realization that I was not then and I am not now the most important person in their life. Neither was my brother and neither are they to each other (although each runs a close second). Love for family becomes healthy only when it is less consuming than love for God. Only when we love God more than family do we help free our spouses and sons and daughters to become preoccupied with Someone greater than themselves.

 

We're not the point; none of us. God is. There is a story bigger than ours, a story that transcends every other. And until we see our story as only a subplot in that eternal drama, we'll never see it's meaning. I learned that lesson from my father.

Allow me to echo him. Crabb is talking about the metanarrative, the grand story behind all humanity and our relationship, or lack thereof, with our Creator. It is not just about me. It is not just about you. It is about God. So few people grasp that. Even most Christians fail to really get their hearts around that one. The sooner we learn that, the sooner life starts making sense.

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