This world is not my home. \u00a0That is a line from an old hymn, but it is hitting home now, because the world feels a lot less like home. \u00a0Yesterday, I ventured to a nearby town, which is something I used to really enjoy. \u00a0But the covid pandemic has changed our environment and \u00a0the world seems a lot less friendly. \u00a0People’s faces are covered. \u00a0The Xs on floors remind you not to get to close. \u00a0So I ran my one errand and hurried back home, wondering at myself and feeling out of sorts. \u00a0Why do I feel like I do?<\/p>\n
It helps to take long walks \u00a0it helps to hear the birds in the morning. \u00a0It helps to realize that God is still sovereign and the things that turn my attention to him have not changed. \u00a0A beautiful sunrise or sunset is still His handiwork, and is still just as enjoyable, or more so because of less air pollution.<\/p>\n
I guess it is a good thing, in a backward way, that the world seems less like home. \u00a0I guess I was too comfortable at it being my home in the first place. \u00a0We are not going to live here forever anyway. \u00a0We all go to an eternal home eventually. \u00a0All of this talk about percentages of deaths from Covid misses one huge point. \u00a0The real death rate has always been 100%, and none of us ever know when our time on earth is up, and none of us is really in control. \u00a0Good to know. \u00a0Good to remember.<\/p>\n
So, I will try to focus on permanent things that do not change in this fickle world. \u00a0God is real. \u00a0 God is love. \u00a0God made me and He made everyone else. \u00a0All of his creation needs Him. \u00a0Everyone of us is a needy and dependent mess away from our creator, no matter how we posture. \u00a0And He created us to have relationships with each other. \u00a0That will never change. \u00a0We are not meant to be alone, risk of virus and death or not.<\/p>\n
This world doesn’t feel like home. \u00a0But then it is only my temporary dwelling place. I will try to fix my thoughts on what is lasting… a short list.<\/p>\n
1 – My Savior and my relationship with Him. \u00a0He has promised never to leave me.<\/p>\n
2 – Friends and family and anyone who crosses my path, even 6 feet away. \u00a0I cannot help the physical distance but they all need, like I do, a human touch and love. \u00a0Each of us is created for eternity.<\/p>\n
3 – and….guess that’s it. \u00a0That is what I need to focus on. \u00a0Everything else is not permanent anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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