The beauty of a rainy day is that you can ease up just a bit. Slowing down to listen to rain pattering on the roof or watching drops slide down window glass is soothing somehow. Making a favorite hot drink to sip improves the moment. Be aware. Be present. Be receptive to God. Listen.
Sometimes we Americans rush into the day, believing that productivity and performance matter most. What can I check off my To-Do-List? Daily goals help to move us forward, but we need not be bound by them.
Sometimes changing plans free us to be somewhere unexpected with someone unknown. How open are we to the hand of God rearranging our schedules and our lives?
- Do we complain at our treatment as did Elijah after battling the prophets of Baal?
- Do we refuse the mission and run like Jonah?
- Do we submit like Mary, mother of Jesus?
- Do we stop on the road like Paul to discard the life of persecutor to become the evangelist?
What does embracing God's mission look like for you in this time of global pandemic? When nations spin information and struggle to provide food, shelter, education, and jobs, what does your neighbor need from you today?
Could you sit and listen to someone's doubts and fears? Could you pray, call, send a card, or share a word of encouragement or forgiveness? Do the people in your world need laughter or a helping hand or something else entirely?
"Grace and peace be yours in abundance." 1 Pet. 1.2
"... though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials." 1 Pet. 1.6
