Resilience. One Step in Front of the Other
With anticipation of a lockdown lifting, we can almost taste the fresh air again. Dreams of roaming the streets and seeing life bustling again soon fade away with the news of an extended lockdown. This dream will have to wait for at least two more weeks. They’re calling it Lockdown 3.0. Although it’s creative to say 3.0, it still doesn’t change the fact that it means the dream of things returning to normal needs to be put on the sideline once again. It’s like we’ve been given a present, ready and bursting with excitement to open it, only to find out we have to wait two more weeks until we can see what is inside. Resilience is what comes to my mind in this situation. Things won’t ever go back to “normal”. There will only be a new normal for us to walk into, but the same God, in whom we find our patience and resilience. We need to strap back on our patience, our trust in the Lord and walk with the resilience God gives us. It reminds me of the story of Joseph at the end of Genesis, I’ve ...