A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

I believe, deep down, we all seek the same story.

Someone to die for those they love.

Someone willing to walk through hell and back.

Light to win against the darkness, even as the all seems lost,

the world shaking at its very foundations.

Courage to overcome fear, hope to outlast until the trumpet’s call,

signaling glorious victory.

The bad guys lose, the good guys win.

And our beloved hero obtains that beautiful life out of reach of

their now-trodden enemy, surrounded by those they love.

The snake’s head has been crushed, and a righteous, good king

reigns, his kingdom bathed in light and beauty.

But that story has already been written,

and it belongs to all of us.

I believe we wish to be seen, to be known, to be loved.

Despite every flaw and scar, despite everything we have ever done,

everything we believe we are.

Jesus is this story of love, this story of victory.

He is the story of mercy. Of courage and light and life.

The story of absolute victory over death and darkness.

Jesus alone is the way, the truth and the life.

He sees you and knows you. Entirely. Completely.

He loves you. Unabashedly, without fear or limit.

And He chooses you over and over and over again.

You are His Beloved.

You are the one He went to hell and back for.

The one He died for, love in His eyes.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that

whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

John 3:16