COVID-19, Friday, April 17

Dear Church Family,

For some of you, today will be a difficult day.  The most deeply and seriously impacted during this COVID pandemic are those who live or work in our nursing homes and seniors’ residences.

I share with you something that my cousin, Diane Hultink, posted a few days ago.  Diane works at Shalom Manor in Grimsby.

"Today was a Difficult Day," said Pooh.

There was a pause.

"Do you want to talk about it?" asked Piglet.

"No," said Pooh after a bit. "No, I don't think I do."

"That's okay," said Piglet, and he came and sat beside his friend.

"What are you doing?" asked Pooh.

"Nothing, really," said Piglet. "Only, I know what Difficult Days are like. I quite often don't feel like talking about it on my Difficult Days either.

"But goodness," continued Piglet, "Difficult Days are so much easier when you know you've got someone there for you. And I'll always be here for you, Pooh."

And as Pooh sat there, working through in his head his Difficult Day, while the solid, reliable Piglet sat next to him quietly, swinging his little legs...he thought that his best friend had never been more right."
A.A. Milne

For you, Diane, and all our other health care workers, and for our seniors, and yes, for each of us, these words from Hebrews 13:5:  “God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’”

Pastor Rita