Interruptions

 

So this has been what communication has looked like to many of  us these days. When we meet we all appear in tiny boxes above, below and next to each other. Conversations are interrupted by dogs barking, door bells ringing and various other life situations. We laugh at the various interruptions; sharing our humanness and realities with each other. When the online interruptions stop we continue.

Life seems like it has a bit of an interruption going on right now. Our normalcy is being interrupted with illness, pandemic guidelines and protective measures. 

What I have seen, is much like what goes on in the video meetings and chats. The interruption comes, we take note of it and then we continue. Thus is life, and through this time I have seen an incredible resilience. There was a time to stay in, we stayed in. There was a time to put on masks, we have put them on. There was a time we could move about but told to stay socially distance, and we do. We again share our humanness in the realities of not just our own personal lives but the life circumstances we all now share. These circumstances stretching into our community, our state, our country and into the world. An international circumstance of interruption is upon us....yet we prevail.

We continue to love our families, get our tasks done, find new ways to communicate.....and live. We are adaptable, resilient and brave. And those of us who believe that we live under the wing of an almighty God, understand that He is with us in this uncertainty. He is with us in the interruption of life. The promise He gives us is that He always will be with us. 

The thing about interruptions....is that they end. This too will end and we will look back at it all and possibly never be the same. It has been humbling to know that as a people we just can't fix everything at the drop of a hat. We are not all powerful. We are not Gods. 

So as we step through this time in our humanness let us find comfort in the fact that although we are not all powerful, we have an all powerful God who loves us dearly. We have an incredible, bold and powerful God who walks with us every step of the way. Perhaps in our humility we will see Him more clearly. Perhaps when this uncertain time is over we will lean into Him more closely then every before, knowing more deeply that He is God, and seeking more passionately His presence each day.