Six Words

Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway bet some friends that he could write a story in just six words. He wrote: "For sale: Baby shoes, never worn." Well, he won the bet. Try to write your life story in just six words. The challenge with this is its demand to focus on what matters most and capture briefly something of significance. Some of the chapters of our stories are long, difficult, full of suffering and trials. In our delays and trials, we receive the greatest gift of all . . . we experience Jesus Christ, and we come to the place that no matter what, He is all we need. In six words, He Died, He Rose, He Reigns and we exist By Him, Through Him, For Him But I have condensed it down even more, because Jesus is so much more. I don't need six words, I only need one: HIM