One Day More

We are swiftly approaching the one year anniversary of the pandemic lockdown. We had no idea last March the implications of  "one day more." 

I was browsing last night through a series of blog entries about the pandemic that I had never posted.  I was amazed by how temporary we thought covid was among us.  This will be over soon. Get a grip.  One day more.  Life will return to normal.

But now, a whole year later, it has not.

We have been changed by an unforeseen and sudden storm.  We have struggled on many levels. We have "made do" with what we have.  And when it got heavy, we readjusted.  We became stronger.  And we realized this is all about God's power in our lives and trusting Him.  Even in the really hard stuff.  Even in the loss.  Even in the unexpected dimensions of God that we have found.  One day at a time.  One day more.

I am not training for anything more right now than staying healthy.  But whether in my physical or spiritual strengthening exercises, I have noticed that a change of posture, shifting my attitude, standing differently, lifting my daily weights alters how I face my tasks and shores up my courage not just to get through, but how I walk the path of this long journey.  There is grace in not knowing what was coming down the pike.  There is recurring grace in knowing God's faithfulness in unlikely places. One day more.

We need not focus on how things are so different, or on what we lack.  But as Jesus asked His disciples, standing in front of 5000 hungry people, "What do you have?"  God takes it and multiplies it.  He enlarges our hearts.  Far more than we know.

"As soon as we abandon ourselves to God and do the task He has placed closest to us, He begins to fill our lives with surprises."  (Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest) 

How has God trained us in the past year?  For what is He training us now?

He always surprises me. 

One day more

       of God's faithfulness.

Even in this very day.

 

Take advantage of every opportunity,

make the most of your time,

redeem these moments...

                  Ephesians 5. 16