As a community of faith people, there are many of us who like rules. We like the safety and comfort of the black and white do’s and don’ts, and struggle with the grey. We like the ‘thou shalts’ and tend to feel good about ourselves when we can check off the boxes of obedience and adhere to authority.
Read moreHe's Never Not Been Faithful
In the early hours of January 1, I sat alone on an empty Go train on my way into a shift at the hospital for work. It was just me, my reflection in the windows against the dark sky, and a journal I brought to pen my thoughts for the end of the year. I was in the beginning of what would be one of the most painful and emotionally draining seasons of my life and I had no idea. I wanted to wrap 2019 around with a neat little bow and lean forward with hopeful expectation into the year ahead, believing that 2020 would be the year everything came together for me. I penned in big letters the word faithfulness, which later came to be far more profound than I could have known in that moment.
Read morePeace in the Midst of a Crisis
But in the middle of experiencing the realities of COVID-19, is it really a good thing for fear to be “plaguing” our minds? On a recent Dave Ramsey podcast, he mentioned that this is less a pandemic of COVID-19 and more a pandemic of hysteria and panic. So Jesus asks you and I, “What are you so afraid of?” and “Who is your faith in?”
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