Many of you reading this are in quarantine. Not many of us thought we’d see this is our lives, but here we are. Living in a pandemic. This is crazy! Some days I find myself being super anxious, sometimes I’m in denial, sometimes I’m enjoying the slower paced life. But honestly, this is such an anxious time for us. The future is so unknown. From how long we’ll be living in isolation, to what the economy will look like. This pandemic has changed us.
Today I was reading in Luke. I was in chapter 12, which is the passage talking about God’s provision for the birds and the grass… and what more He does for us, so don’t worry! Ahem. Easier said than done. But really. I thought it was a timely passage to read. Luke 12:25-28 (ESV) says this, “and which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you , even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, o you of little faith!” Maybe cliche in this moment, but it holds such a promise.
We add no value or time to our lives by being anxious. God will provide! If there is anything that I’ve learned, it’s that God always provides. It never looks how we want it to. But God is a good God and he clothes us.
If there’s one thing I’m learning in this time of quarantine, it’s that it’s okay to grieve. To be mad. To be anxious. To be sad. To hurt. But we can’t stay in that place. We have to move on into the peace that God gives us. The peace that helps us know everything will be okay. And just a side note, okay doesn’t mean the same. 😉
What’s been the best blessing during this time of quarantine?
Elizabeth Horn 