As the days continue, a new rhythm has begun to settle in my life. For me, friend, I am seeing this time and wondering. What if we aren’t supposed to “go back to normal?” What if what we have been doing before will no longer be the way? Trust me, I do want to be out there again. I want the kids to be in there activities and going to coffee shops, etc.
Slowing down, though, has allowed me to realize some things. We have joked about it in memes. People are in their yards playing with their kids. People are walking their dogs. People are sitting outside. We are taking the time to write, catch up on Zoom, Skype, Face Time. Trust me, I’m not ignoring the negatives: fear, the bipartisanship, those who are alone, the illness, the debt.
Leads me to where I am this morning. I seem to wake with jarring fear some mornings. It would be easy to open the phone and start looking at the news, looking at social media and weather. I fought that. I went in and made coffee and sat with my Bible in my lap. I turned on the music. I proclaimed truth to my mind and heart. This is where we must start.
Death has lost it’s grip on me. (Phil Wickham, Living Hope) Why do I know this? Matthew 27 & 28. Jesus conquered death. God raised him from the grave and on the third day, Jesus rose. Breath that truth in anew today. Here’s the thing. I read this today and am convicted.
“Men might be willing for Christ to save them, but not for Him to reign over them.” CH Spurgeon
So, whether or not I want to believe this, I am not in control. I’m not steering the wheel. I try to come up with ways to figure out how I’m going to save myself and good grief, my plans never, ever work. I lay in bed staring at the ceiling, planning and working. Yet, here is my God. Conquered death. Has the world moving along, sun, moon, stars. Oxygen working just fine.
My response? I’ll grab my life and struggle with my Rubik’s cube and see if I can get the colors to match. No. No.
So, today? Today, as the song, Yes, I will proclaims, bless your name. I’ll proclaim.
1 Praise the Lord!
Yes, give praise, O servants of the Lord.
Praise the name of the Lord!
2 Blessed be the name of the Lord
now and forever.
3 Everywhere—from east to west—
praise the name of the Lord.
4 For the Lord is high above the nations;
his glory is higher than the heavens.
5 Who can be compared with the Lord our God,
who is enthroned on high?
6 He stoops to look down
on heaven and on earth.
7 He lifts the poor from the dust
and the needy from the garbage dump.
8 He sets them among princes,
even the princes of his own people!
9 He gives the childless woman a family,
making her a happy mother.
Our hope is Jesus. Today, put your hope in Jesus. Have your peace in him.
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