Oh,
how deserted our street has become. We
see houses but no people. Everyone is
inside trying to evade “The Virus”. We go out to the garbage site. There are bags of garbage that may have walked
there on their own. We occasionally see
a neighbor but they are far away and only call a brief greeting. It makes for a
hard time.
It
is no coincidence we are reading Joshua at this time. Joshua was instructed to be strong and
courageous. I need to remember that! Do not fear!
Whoa, that is hard. God never
told Joshua to be foolish. He did not
call him to be unwise. He called him to
obey and be strong and courageous. So
right now in Japan we follow the rules. We are still able to go to the facility
for the disabled if we follow the rules, so we go. We pray vigorously before, during and
after. We show a calm, loving spirit,
and trust God to take what we can give and multiply it. We go with courage. When and if we are told the facility is
locked down what will we do? We will
obey and pray, pray, pray! We will trust
God to work! We will not fear or be
dismayed. We will trust God to take care
of it.
Great thoughts, Jeffrey! Very poetic. "God has not given us a spirit of fear..." (2 Tim. 1:7). We are also praying Psalm 91. -Steven
ReplyDeleteThank you Jeffrey. So apt are your words! Knowing you and your family and praying with you and for you is one of the good parts of my/our lives! - Aunt Karen
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jeffrey. Knowing God is still in control during this whole ordeal makes it possible not to fall into a fear
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jeffrey. We will pray for you as you give God your loaves and fish. -Jan Geiger
ReplyDeleteThank you Jeffrey for those words. The perfect love of our Father and His Son Jesus, through the power of the Holy Spirit casts out all need to fear. We continue to ask for God's mercy on you and your family, and the precious people of Japan.
ReplyDeleteLove this. I needed this this morning! I was reading about the stages of grief and I think that we might be circling the dark arena of depression. I know that Spring is here though and things will get better, because we hold on to hope and press on.
ReplyDeleteDon, seeing the positive is hard, but I know God is in complete control. That is His job, not mine. Praying for you.
DeleteThe above comment was me, Jeffrey.
DeleteThank you for sharing words of encouragement during this time.
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