Did anybody notice? Look forward in a new way.

In this year of 2020, we are in a season requiring clarity of vision. Life is changing. We have to look at things from a different perspective. Maybe this is a chance to look forward in a new way.

In some cases, families are being forced back under one roof. This may be a difficulty or hardship for some. For others it may create a chance to reconnect, learn how to interact together, learn how to be a family with one another.

My prayer is that love and peace would persevere where there is struggle or strife.

For some families, changing conditions mean isolation from loved ones.

My prayer is that those who feel alone will find connection and comfort in some way with people who are close by.

For churches, the building has been closed. Worship has been forced out of the building. Churches are having to rethink how they do church, how they reach out into the community.

My prayer is that more people will have access to and hear a message of hope.

Job situations are changing. My prayer is for all who are impacted economically in this season, especially those feeling the drastic decrease in income, that each one will feel a sense of stability and security in the midst of the uncertainty.

I’m seeing creativity as restaurants learn how to send their food out into the homes and neighborhoods.

My prayer is that we may all find creative new ways of moving forward in a positive direction.

What if one of the repercussions or consequences of this season is that we learn how to be in the home with the family?

So in this season of difficulty and drastic change, don’t be discouraged.

My prayer is that something good grows out of the upset.

 “Remember not the former things,
    nor consider the things of old.
   Behold, I am doing a new thing;
    now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
    and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:18-19 ESV