When I was a little kid my dad bought me my first pocket knife – an Old Timer. He then helped me carve a boat out of a new bar of Ivory soap while he carved one out a bar of Coast soap. I got in the bath and dad put the beautiful boat he’d carved in the water – it sank. Then it was my turn to put in my ugly boat – it floated! Dad explained that what you make things out of is more important than what they look like.
So while I technically knew it was something about the soap itself that made my boat float, it wasn’t until I heard the backstory surrounding Ivory soap that I fully appreciated what Dad meant.
Likewise, we may technically know the importance that grace and faith have in our relationship with God. But until the backstory of grace and faith is heard, we cannot fully appreciate what we have.
