Never thought I\u2019d write about submission. But these are strange times we live in. Election day has passed. The dust is starting to settle. The Repercussions from this year will not be over soon even for the election. Not sure how all the impending events will shake out; I do know they will eventually have their end and life and death will go on.<\/p>\n
Covid is everywhere. It ebbs and flows. Our social natures are getting in the way of resolving the contagion. It seems that now, with the passage of time, knowledge about it has increased. Now we have to prepare to get it again, not once and done. Now we face fading antibodies, possible vaccines from various sources, people who are kamikaze about masks- wearing\/ not wearing, hospitalization increases- again. Death rates spiraling upward again. It\u2019s enough to make one want to move to the north pole.<\/p>\n
Our children are being molded into computer potatoes. Their studies are zoomed in and out several times daily, some go to school half the week then stay home the other half. Of course, athletics and band do go on, thus, those students attend some portion of every day. Makes no sense to me. But they didn\u2019t ask me. The chaos and confusion, the turmoil and testing, the socializing\/no socializing is getting to us all.<\/p>\n
Parents are having to decide between choices they would just as soon not have to make over education, work, down time, sports, arts, paying bills, and now Christmas presents are into the mix as well.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s easy to feel helpless and hopeless during this so obvious time of death and destruction. No family will go untouched when it comes to covid-19.<\/p>\n
Each one will be touched in some way. Whether by income or the lack of income; the confinement\/ shelter at home\/ social distancing\/ and whatever else they call it now; by family members isolated from each other; by other illnesses that spiral out of control without close contact with the medical community; by social biases; by external limitations and the list goes on.<\/p>\n
There will be many funerals with lack of closure for those left behind. There is complete and utter exhaustion of care takers and medical professionals and let\u2019s not forget those who work in the medical arena doing the mundane laundry and cleaning and food prep that occurs daily.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no room in the hospitals where illnesses are overflowing. This time of year the annual spiking of respiratory illnesses, asthma flares, bronchitis, colds, flu, tonsillitis, strep are beginning; and this list goes on as well.<\/p>\n
Yet, here I sit, safe, at home with no obvious difficulties.\u00a0 But, feeling confined, restricted, reduced, diminished. The little things mean so much now. We restrict ourselves because we know it\u2019s best. The barest contact holds great risk. We are timid in new ways we never thought we would face. We are learning to submit.<\/p>\n
And, as many believers may be doing right now, I am wondering how, what, where, and when we will see the things foretold come to pass. I am learning submission in the uncertainty. In the waiting. And, I\u2019m trying not to hold my breath but to rely on the truths I know and trust in what I cannot see. In the meantime, I pour out my fears, my feelings, my sadness, my disappointments to the One who can be trusted with my heart. In Christ Alone\u2026.<\/p>\n
\u201c<\/em><\/strong>Trust in the\u00a0Lord\u00a0with all your heart<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>and lean not on your own understanding; Proverbs 3:5-6<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The\u00a0Lord\u00a0is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you, for you,\u00a0Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Psalm 9:9-10<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cT<\/em><\/strong>rust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Psalm 62:8<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u201c<\/em><\/strong>Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Hebrews 11:1<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Never thought I\u2019d write about submission. But these are strange times we live in. Election day has passed. The dust is starting to settle. The Repercussions from this year will not be over soon even for the election. Not sure how all the impending events will shake out; I do know they will eventually have … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[378,379],"class_list":["post-992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-isolation-submission-trust-hope-waiting","tag-refuge-christ"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=992"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":996,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions\/996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u00a0<\/sup>in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0<\/sup><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n