Even
as we are all learning more about “social distancing,” we have opportunities to
learn more deeply than ever before that nothing can separate us from the love
of God, and that the ways we love each other, even when we can’t be
face-to-face, are ways that God is working in and through us.
I am heartened by many stories surfacing
about ways people are helping each other.
There are many school districts where the food that many children depend
on is being made available, in some places being delivered by bus drivers, so
that children who usually receive their best nourishment at school are being
fed. These are only some of the stories
of courage and selfless service that I am seeing, so many instances of the best
of humanity being brought out for the love of one another.
Even
in keeping distance between us to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, we
are loving one another “as Jesus has loved us.”
I give thanks for your courage and your love as we all learn to lean
into God, perhaps in new ways, perhaps more deeply, and find our strength in
God’s love for us.
Nancy Waldo, St. Mary’s Woods
Romans 8:38-39 “For I am convinced that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to
come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our
Lord.”
John 15:12 “This is my
commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”
Prayer
suggestion:
When you go to the Lord
in prayer today, in addition to praying for protection for your health and that
of your loved ones, add a prayer for all health care workers, first responders,
and those who serve in public places.
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