STAY SAFE
It’s eerily quiet when and if we venture out. Somewhere out there, people have stockpiled toilet paper. It’s nothing like most of us have ever experienced.
Today, while I was outside in the sun doing a little yard work, I was thinking about one other time in my life that I was on lockdown. It was the 6 weeks before Miss A was born. I lived in a tiny hospital room that had a view of the helipad.
Much like now, it was filled with fear of the unknown. I had to look at the same 4 walls day in and day out. I spent my time making sock animals, trying not to cry when my meal was not correct and truly sobbing every time I needed a new IV. Add to that, the emotional roller coaster that pregnancy can cause and it was challenging.
But staying put in that hospital room was what was best for me and baby. We were safe. We had everything we needed. It was one of the best times in my life.
That wasn’t simply because of the arrival of our little one. It’s because it was a moment in time where I had nothing to do but draw closer to God. He was my hope, my strength, my joy, my peace.
Yes, peace. Amid all the chaos of almost delivering, delivering and NICU, there was given to us an incredible calm.
This verse is on repeat lately.
“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” Romans 12:12
There’s no amount of stockpiling that will create the calm that God will. He is amazing. He has the power to calm the storm.
Trials are a beautiful thing. I almost get excited when they arise. Why? Because you really see God at work. You see Him more clearly when cancer or pandemic strike.
It gives us opportunities that we wouldn’t have under normal circumstance.
My friends, be patient and pray.
The Lord is at work.