Genuine in the Journey

In February, 2024, Covid came to visit our household again.  We knew it wasn’t gone forever, it just has a way of bringing everything to a standstill, especially when both parents get to quarantine and leave some of the jobs up to the teenagers to handle.  In the midst of not feeling well, I found myself texting with my teens to check on the status of bedtime for the seven year old, and taking polls on what to order out for a few nights, since no one wanted me covid-cooking anything.  By day six, I was starting to feel a little stir-crazy, trapped, chained in my circumstance.  I had to take a step back to try to not only appreciate the fact that I was given the opportunity to pause, but also be thankful that at this point in time things would return to normal pretty quickly.   This is a stark contrast to the quarantine the world had to endure back in 2020.  I don’t think those of us mature enough to remember will forget for a long time to come, and we ...

Often in worship, I lead the song “Worthy of It All.”  Other than the fact that he simply IS worthy and wonderful and HOLY, how do we personally connect to this idea? To get into a frame of mind connecting me to the song in a way that I can lead with the Spirit, I try to think of all the moments in my life that God is so worthy of praise for bringing me through.  Unfortunately, the first items that come to mind are negative moments of hardship and trial.  Events where at the time, I’m like, “God, WHY?  What is this for? This does not feel good.”  I don’t curse God for the hard times when I go through them, but I do question. To question is part of being human and not divine. So is remembering the bad before the good.  The human brain is programmed to hold onto the bad memories much longer than the good ones.  We thrive on The Drama.   There are probably good, evolutionary reasons for this. Fight or flight helps us survive. We etch the things ...