March 2020.
A month and a year that won’t be forgotten any time soon…or ever.
March 2020 started like any other “normal” month, but halfway through everything went sideways.
It started in the United States with the NBA shutting down its season on a Wednesday.
By Friday, schools were closing their buildings.
That Sunday, it was churches.
And the dominoes continued to fall with theaters and restaurants and parks and pretty much any “non-essential” public space closed or heavily restricted by the end of the month.
Fast forward six months and September is starting like a new “normal” month.
The NBA season is back…playing games in a bubble.
Schools are starting back up again…online (at least for now).
And churches are slowly starting to gather again indoors with guidelines for social distancing.
Same with many businesses and public spaces.
Welcome to the new normal.
As many of us go kicking and screaming into the final stretch of 2020, we need to stop and listen to the wise words of King David in Psalm 37.
Beginning in verse 7, he writes…
“Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes. Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper-it only leads to harm. For the wicked will be destroyed, but those who trust in the LORD will possess the land.”
In a country that is becoming increasingly louder and more polarized may we all as Christians daily choose to…
Be still in the presence of the LORD.
Wait patiently for him to act.
Stop worrying about evil people.
Stop being angry.
And trust in the LORD.
Perhaps if we all choose to live these last days of 2020 like this, we’ll be in a better place to receive whatever God has for us in 2021.
And in a better place to point people to the only One who can bring lasting hope and peace and healing to this broken world.
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