Why did it take a pandemic for us to…

• Write encouraging notes on the sidewalks
• Check in on our neighbors
• Grab groceries for others
• Say “hello” when passing someone on the street
• Text our friends and check up on them
• Broadcast the name of Jesus via our church services live on Facebook every Sunday
• Slow down and enjoy our family
• Use the food we have had hiding in the back of our cabinets
• Join hundreds of others in front of hospitals to pray for our medical personnel
• Realize we aren’t in control
• Be thankful for the many things we do have
• Trust Jesus in a whole new way
• Spend more time outdoors
• Get back to the basics and enjoy the simple things
• Offer more meals & support for the needy
• Forget Standardized Testing and focus on teaching the WHOLE child
• Take life one day at a time
• Stop running on fumes
• Make our home our safe place
• Realize we need each other
• Come together as a nation and pray

Why, friend? Why? Why did it take Covid-19 to wreak havoc on our normal, too busy to breathe lifestyle? Why did it take a global pandemic to show us we needed a major change as humans?

Don’t get me wrong. The list above contains ONLY positive things. I am all for each and every one of them!

However, we should be practicing these thoughtful, Christlike gestures 24/7 – 365 days a year – whether there is a global pandemic or not.

The Church is not a building. We – you & me – ARE the Church. Jesus, help us!

Photo creds: Yours truly (Saw this beautiful piece of art on the sidewalk during my morning walk!)