Hey ya’ll! Fun fact: our college girls are home!
Lizzy mentioned to me how strange it was that after being gone so long and experiencing so many new adventures the thing she found herself talking about with the ones she loves is….COVID.
I want to turn the corner. COVID is here. I get it. But certainly there are some other and better things to occupy our minds and fuel our conversations and spur our actions?
A friend told me this week that when an outbreak of the bubonic plague closed theaters in London, William Shakespeare wrote King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony & Cleopatra.
Sometimes when life gives us lemons, we need to get out of bed, take a shower, and get to work making lemonade.
Did you know:
- Beethoven composed his greatest works, including the Ninth Symphony after going completely deaf.
- Joseph Pilates developed a physical training regimen while imprisoned in an internment camp during World War 1.
- And the Great Depression brought us inventions such as: Scotch Tape, the ball point pen, chocolate chip cookies and the car stereo.
There’s no end of stories of heroes who made a positive impact on the world in spite of, or perhaps because of the challenging circumstances they faced. Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela. Or look to the scriptures: Moses. Joseph. Daniel.
Challenging times aren’t an excuse to disengage from life. They are actually times to let God use us to do something great. What amazing thing does God want for you right now? For your marriage, your family, your career, your prayer life, your gospel witness in your world?
Benjamin Franklin, another great hero borne out of adversity once said, “Either write something worth reading, or do something worth writing.”
Let’s let God work in us and through us to do something great this week.