This month will be one for the books. A virtual shutdown of our country is at hand as we seek to limit and destroy the virus that is killing us. Already over 5000 have succumbed to its wrath. A deadly enemy indeed has halted our lives as we knew them.
As we have more time than we’d like to be quiet and unemployed, I am feeling led to write. I’ve never taken a writing course and am not very good at it. But still I think it’s a worthy endeavor for my own soul and maybe to share with others. Written words can be powerful and immortal. I hope mine will serve in some way to offer hope in this dark time.
I pray I get to see my grand babies this month. Ellie is heading to 5 years old in June! And Suzie will be one on the 18th of this month! Wow! What joy they bring to my heart! What wonder it is to watch them grow and discover this good world God made for them. They are with their wonderful mom and dad as well as their grandparents an hour from us. Chris, their grandpa, has a heart condition and surgery that was postponed til June due to this COVID season.
We pray for our moms, Chris, and all those who are older or with health conditions that make this virus especially dangerous. That they will all be safe and protected from its reach.
My daughter Mary is in Bolivia where she has taught fourth grade for the year. They are on lockdown there, only allowed out once a week in the morning. She is on spring break this coming week and will stay with friends for good company. She could’ve fled home like I wanted, but decided to stay in case school reopens. The airports have shut down and the borders are closed as Bolivia seeks to limit the virus’ access. So far they have about 100 cases. I pray they can reopen, but if not, I pray Mary can come home.
Death is a terrible thing. It means separation from those you love in this world. And it can mean separation from the God who made and loves us as well. Our sins have caused the biggest problem, so much more than this crummy virus. After all, this thing is temporary. But death is forever.
The only way to have true well being in this life and the next is through a relationship with God. Jesus made a way for us to be reconciled to God. Isaiah 59:1-2 says
“Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or His ear dull that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.”
This chasm was bridged by our Savior’s life, death and resurrection.
I grew up hearing about this great Savior named Jesus. I might have heard about him too much if that’s possible. It’s not! But it wasn’t until I went off to college and was inadvertently in a Bible study mainly because the chocolate chip cookies were so good, that I began to take this gospel personally. I remember it dawning on me, slowly but surely, that Jesus died for my sins. That He was a personal God who loved me and knew what was best for me. It was truly amazing to be born again.
It still is, it still is amazing to be His daughter. He speaks to me through His Word, He hears my every single prayer. He is not just up there, He is right here in my self isolation. Never to leave, to withdraw, to stop loving me.
He is my source of true joy and peace. Knowing I’m safe in His Hand no matter what happens. This is true life and well being.
If you’ve read this far, I hope you will consider opening your heart to him as well. He is waiting to be your Savior and Lord.
John 1:11-12 says
“He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.”
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