Pandemic

This past week has been mind-boggling with the news moving at breakneck speed and yesterday was no different.  At church, we've suspended services and are making plans to get worship materials into people's mailboxes tomorrow morning.  We've communicated with our community partners about our closure.  So, plans were made, and all is well, right?

Not quite.  This pandemic is like a wave coming at us.  We can see it clearly, but it has not yet crested nor broken.  Things will most likely get worse before they get better.  What does this mean for us as Christians?  We are not to give up hope.  We know that after Good Friday, Easter Sunday will follow.  So for now we pray, we find ways to remember we're part of a community, we listen to health experts, and we continue with our lives.

Lent is a time for us to reflect and repent, but also a time for us to remind ourselves of the presence of God.  Jesus came to us, not to make our problems simply vanish, but to be with us.  Let us accept his companionship, especially during this time.

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