So, how have you been doing through this Covid season?
Isn’t it a strange, unsettling time?
Sometimes, lately, it feels like the world is a science fiction film. Things change so fast, and you don’t know what’s going to happen next.
But I wanted to share something that has been helping me.
One thing I’m slowly learning, that is helping me, is to live one moment at a time, leaning into God’s love, and not trying to deal with it all at once.
I worry. Oh, yes, I worry. What’s going to happen if this happens? What is they change this?
But the Lord is reminding me of something:
He has taken care of me amazingly this far.
This whole coronavirus season has been a story of His faithfulness to me.
For those who don’t know Him as Lord, this season is a warning, I’m sure. A warning to wake up and repent, and seek Him, before it’s too late. To make peace with God through trusting in Jesus Christ for salvation and surrendering to follow Him as Lord.
But I’ve done that. Through Jesus Christ, I am His child. And His promises to me are so very strong, and reassuring, and true.
And He has been so very faithful this far.
I was so worried about what would happen if they locked the country down. I was terrified of being locked down alone, knowing that my struggles with anxiety would make that very difficult. And then the Lord made it clear He wanted me to move house, to live with friends.
And, in many ways, we even had fun! Locked down together, with their five-year-old, there were many blessings, and much joy. Looking back, in various ways, it was a sweet, happy time. On Good Friday, we had a long walk in the sunshine. On Easter Sunday, we had a special meal together. When the weather grew hot, my friends invested in a slip and slide, and we slid down the garden on their water slide!
But I was worried about what would happen next. And then they allowed people who were living alone to have a support bubble. I could move house to live alone again, and not be alone. What a gift.
I was missing my family. Deeply. Where I live, there haven’t been many weeks when we haven’t been in local lockdown. But, somehow, into those brief moments, God squeezed in family visits. Effortlessly. Amazingly. And so reassuringly, in His goodness.
My birthday present from the Lord was visit from my parents. It had been six months since I’d able to see them. I’d fretted about how I would ever be able to see them this year. And suddenly, there they were, on my birthday.
Where I live, there has been a lot of time in local lockdown. But, a few weeks ago, our local lockdown lifted. As it turned out, it was only for just over 3 weeks. And yet, in that time, God got me back to my family home. I was able to see people I had been missing, and to enjoy just being home. My childhood home had felt a million miles away when I was cut off from it in lockdown, and suddenly, there I was. And I was safely back before the local lockdown came back. 🙂
The provision continues, in so many ways. And yet I worry. What about this? What about this?
And I sense that He is encouraging me to relax.
He’s provided this far. He will provide. Covid and all its complications are no problem to my Father.
I’m learning that times like this, when I can’t see ahead and I can only go one moment at a time, are chances to draw closer to God. I’m learning that they are opportunities to lean on Him and see Him come through.
I’m learning that these moments of fretting can become moments of intimacy with God.
The verses below have been precious to me at different times.
“And in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’ Yet, for all that, you did not believe the Lord your God, who went in the way before you to search out a place for you to pitch your tents, to show you the way you should go, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day.” Deuteronomy 1:31-33
He goes ahead. He carries me. He goes ahead of me, leading the way.
And He provides.
What’s going to happen next? I don’t really know.
But He does.
I know He’s been faithful this far. And He will continue to be. 🙂
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Caroline Abblitt 