“You, Lord, are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light.” (2 Sam. 22:29)
At this time last year, we were still in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdown. Originally scheduled for three weeks and then extended to six, we believed we would get the virus under control and be back to our normal lives by Easter 2020.
Well, we all know how that turned out. Continue reading “What the Light Revealed”
Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. (Gen 2:3)
Before the pandemic, life had sped up to a frenetic pace that I couldn’t maintain. (This led to my word of the year, renew which I’ve written about several times.) When someone would ask how I was doing, my answer was good but busy. This was the case so often that I found myself trying to find ways to answer without using the word “busy,” but in all honesty, I was busy, so I struggled to come up with another word that summarized my life.
When I returned the question, the answer was always the same. Everyone was always busy. We wore busyness like a badge of honor.
Between work, volunteering, and my social activities, I had filled every last moment in my schedule. All good things, to be sure, but too many good things is still too many. Continue reading “A Slower Pace”