As one of my little charges frequently says, “We can’t be bored during this time. There is too much to do!” And they are right. This is the season of opportunity. We started this time with a big sheet of paper and box of markers. We all put down the things we could do so that when the time was done – when the shelter-in-place restrictions lifted – we would be free to serve. What work would God have us do in these unique days?
I took care of my grandmother in her last years as she lost her sight, then her ability to feel and taste, and finally her mind slipped away. The doctors gave her only 6 months to live, but she lived on in a season of dying for more than 30 years. She felt she couldn’t do anything, but would God give her something to do in this season of her life? Yes, she ministered to the people who were around her. She was the one who taught me my six-month-old could eat French fries… as my grandmother showed compassion and love to the employees at McDonald’s. She had next to nothing financially and yet she gave money to each of her grandchildren for college because she valued our choices. And she attended all our important events for as long as she was physically able to extend encouragement to us. Through my grandmother I first learned that God provides opportunities for us to continue to live for Him at all points of life.
Likewise, would God give us something to do when we are ordered by the government to stay home? YES!!!
So, what is laid out for you to do? Vent on social media, complaining about other people or the government or any other subject? Be exasperated with your kids? Or, spend more time with Jesus? Be “Jesus with Skin On” to your family? Give to others in difficult times?
“Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.”
Ecclesiastes 9:10
This time will not last forever. We will, soon enough, go back to the craziness of life; going everywhere, with packed schedules and more lives to track than we possibly can! For now, we have the chance to breathe. Love. Live!
“So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of His call. May He give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do.”
2 Thessalonians 1:11
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