COVID-19 has been a time of revealing for the world. It is drawing a line in the sand and showing people’s hearts and true natures. I have seen family members and friends turn on one another, and I have seen those who may disagree still show compassion and understanding. Which side are you on? Not on the issues, but in the scheme of showing yourself to be loving or cruel… what would be said of you?
We are all blessed to have a Savior who will love us no matter what, and certainly we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. However, as Christians, I think it is important that we don’t hide behind Jesus’ love as a license to sin. Instead, we must own up to our mistakes, repent, and seek to do better.
In the silence around me there is a voice that clearly speaks unto my heart and mind. I walk alone in this world, and most do not notice and very few seem to see. I rise up and I go through my days, and there is silence around me but no silence within. For there is a voice of love that calls unto me to remind me that I belong to someone…
“The old man was sleeping peacefully in the bed, and in the hospital room all was quiet except for the occasional clicking of the machine that would dispense medicine for his pain. Asleep in the chair by his side was his wife of fifty-two years. The man in the blue suit walked quietly to the bed…
“Like a dandelion flower that springs forth from a small crack in the pavement, some people must struggle against many obstacles. No child determines the time of their birth, where they will be born, or unto whom they will be born, and with life some obstacles are established by life itself. Flowers must survive where they are planted or where they spring forth, but with mankind there is the freedom to choose…
