If you haven’t made time to watch the free series called The Chosen, make the time.

If you are a Christian – this series is a beautiful depiction of Jesus and his people in the early days of ministry. It brings color to scripture. It shows the character of Jesus and the character of God. Sure, the religious will scream about it not being 100% scripture but guess what – it will definitely draw you closer to the Bible and the Lord by encouraging you to look at scripture in a brighter and powerful way. This series does no harm to scripture. This series brings it to life for a world that has given up on the hope of Jesus and hope at all. As a Christian, the stories of each of his disciples resonate in so much of who I am. I have always connected to the passion of Peter (not the good way), but in season three – The Chosen, through the story of Jesus and Simon Peter, my world was wildly interrupted.

If you are not a Christian – this series will show you what the LOVE of Christ and LOVE of God is supposed to look like. From time to time, the true and sacrificial love, that is only a reflection of the Holy Spirit at work in a soul, will make it’s way onto earth through a true disciple of Christ. When you experience it, you see and feel the difference – but I find it to be rare. This series depicts the truth of Who Christ is and the real failures and reality of His disciples. So many times, they miss it – as do we. So many times they fail the lost world around them – as do we. This shows the greatness of God and the failures of man.

All throughout my Christian journey, The Lord has used various things to speak to my soul in the most unexpected ways. Yesterday, He did it again. Yesterday, He used The Chosen.

I definitely don’t want to give it away, if you haven’t seen it yet – which, my guess is, there is a great chance you haven’t. However, even though The Chosen doesn’t speak in chronological scripture order – it does weave together the stories of The Gospel in a way that it “could have” happened. The sequence of events leading up to Peter clinging to Jesus and begging him to not let him go – walked him through a very angry season. Have you ever been angry with God? Have you ever said the words, “why was I out helping others while my family was taken from me over and over again?” Have you ever questioned why your life has been more difficult since becoming a Christian and wondered if there was ever a way to stop the pain? Or if you have been abandoned? Or if God is done with you?

Yahweh is big enough to handle ALL of your questions and ALL of your anger. The Hebrew God, Father of Jesus, The Creator is big enough to surround you, hold you and carry you through it all. He wants your anger and your very loudly asked questions. He wants your pain – as He is always at work. And we may never know on this side of Heaven the reason for all of the suffering, but what we do know is that we are more aligned with Him when we do. He only wants our faith.

I have never been more thankful that we began watching this series as a family. Our nine-year-old has loved every minute of it and our six-year-old has loved most of it. I don’t regret watching it together at all. There is only one episode that they missed and that was because my husband and I had to put them to bed but couldn’t stop watching – and it just so happened that was the one-episode parental discretion was advised. I consider it a blessing to have anointed people and companies in the world working to use their gifts in promoting the Gospel of Jesus.

Church, be full of the Gospel today. Church, surrender and submit today. Church, walk in the fullness of freedom He has given us. Church, be light in the darkness today. And for goodness sakes, everyone watch and support The Chosen. #bingeJesus #fishandloaves