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by T. Taylor-Williams
I'm not going to lie: I’ve had some dark moments in this COVID-19 thing.
I've found myself getting anxious and profoundly sad...thinking of the empty shelves at the store, and those who don't have the means to hoard as others are.
The vulnerable remain on my mind.
I'm sorry for the elderly and homebound, for the children who need the special resources that they receive in their schools. For the children who don't have good home lives and school was an escape.
The children. The children. The children...
Yes, the uncertainty of what’s ahead can be unsettling.
Let me be clear: Christians DO have trials. We DO have low moments. We’re human.
Exercise clears my head, so I walked the stadium track. As I rounded a curve, I marveled at the gleaming sun and how the sky was bright blue.
It was warm out, and I could hear squeals of joy. They were coming from those small children who aren't allowed in school as they played with parents on the football field.
I felt gratitude for being able to move my body and get those “natural high” endorphins flowing.
I was all at once amazed at how, in the midst of this awful pandemic full of fear and anxiety, there were still moments of joy and beauty.
I was in awe of how the Lord’s majesty dominated the landscape.
And I wept because He allowed me to experience this.
I felt a release of the tension and stress-induced anxiety. Tears flowed as I thanked my sweet Lord for His goodness, and implored Him to continue to extend grace and mercy upon the land, the Earth.
It's not good for us to live in a constant state of anxiety. I don’t believe that’s His will for us.
"For the Lord has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 Timothy 1:7
We must keep an eye out for those bright moments in our day. They are there.
He has not stopped being good.
And He has not stopped being God.
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