Dear Church Family,
It’s 27 degrees in Florida right now, at 9:15 a.m. Gerald
and I were supposed to wake up in Florida this morning, where I would be
starting a week of reading through that stack of books that you have referred
to me over the last year. The books are
still on the shelf in my office. I’m
still in Ancaster.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all of us in very
personal ways. Everyone is feeling the ache
of missing our friends and loved ones. All of us are dealing with some degree
of boredom and fear and impatience.
Mostly, I’ve been feeling impatient lately.
And then someone sent me this, a poem they had written:
The cross is empty
The tomb lies bare
He is risen
He is not there
He accomplished on the tree
The plans laid from eternity
That we would live with Him above
Because of His redeeming love
Yes, there’s a bigger picture here, bigger than my Florida
plans, bigger than my reading list, bigger than COVID-19. My plans for what today was supposed to look
like have changed completely. “But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,
the purposes of his heart though all generations” (Psalm 33:11).
I read that, and I’m feeling better already. It may be only 3 degrees out there, but the
sun is shining brightly and God’s gift of a new day stretches before us.
Pastor Rita
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