Days of uncertainty, that’s what
we are living right now and how strange it is.
While strange is true, unprecedented is more like it…unprecedented,
crazy, unheard of, at least in my generation.
People of my generation have never felt anything so world-wide affected
and effected! No matter our ethnic
background, no matter our nationality, no matter the color of our skin, no
matter our financial status, rich or poor, no matter the country we live in and
no matter who our government is, we are all fighting the same battle. We have all been brought to the same level
and one thing remains the same, we are all in the same boat…all over the world!
In my case, I have returned from
Roatan, a small island in Honduras, Central America. While at the moment there are no virus cases
on my favorite Island, they have also shut down and locked down, following all
the protocols of social distancing trying to flatten the curve. At any rate, all this to say that I am in
quarantine, in my house, alone. Turns
out I am a bit of a loner but with an edge, I am missing my little families, my
Mom and my friends.
Yet, I am not totally alone; I do have Finegan
and Gus, my two dogs, who are helping me out with my units of time.
Units of time…this is how I’ve
been managing my days, mostly to prevent me from getting caught doing one thing
for too long. Units of time designated
but not too strictly for certain activities…my dogs, coffee, devotions, a 30
minute walk on my treadmill listening to a podcast, lunch, paperwork, answering
emails anything business, an afternoon workout, beer time (John would love that)
checking up on world events, supper for Finegan, Gus and me, watching a movie with
another treadmill walk and finally wrapping it all with a journal entry. Interspersed into these units are texts and
facetimes and phone calls. Tomorrow is
another day...the dogs and I, we’ll do it all again.
We don’t worry about tomorrow
because today has enough trouble of its own…todays troubles are sometimes overwhelming but we are managing. Yet, with all this social distancing
we should be intentional in connecting with each other in some way…especially
in prayer for one another. Today I pray
that you receive immeasurably more; more love, more wisdom, more strength, more
peace, more time…more time to love, more time to be kind, more time to reach out and help one another.
These are extraordinary times. Some experts are saying that we won’t go back
to normal for at least a year.
Normal? Will it ever? By that time we will all be different,
changed…everyone, all over the world.
By that time...immeasurably more.
I love that.
“May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you”
Jude 2
