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Hell, No!
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Hell, No!

My thoughts are a jumbled mess as my mind tries to process what my eyes have seen in recent days. Our nation has gone from pandemic to pandemonium essentially overnight. As we’ve just started to emerge from quarantine, anxieties are already high as life continues to be vastly different and the COVID threat still exists. But then suddenly that fear and tension have shifted to demonstrations of outrage, hatred, and violence as our country reacts to ongoing racial division.

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#CoronaBonus
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#CoronaBonus

Back on March 14, when “social distancing” and “stay-at-home orders” were relatively new terms for us, my brother posted a picture of one of his favorite places—the lake where we spend the summer camping together. The picture showed the campground beach, blue skies, and calm waters—a welcomed respite from the chaos that was starting to overtake our world. He captioned the picture #coronabonus as a play on the word “coronavirus,” a term that has inundated our TV screens and newsfeeds in the weeks that have followed.

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Calm In The Chaos
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Calm In The Chaos

It’s everywhere – TV screens, social media newsfeeds, radio, emails, meetings, formal statements, and casual conversations – reactions to the coronavirus is inescapable. The last 72 hours have been a whirlwind of epic proportions: colleges shut down campuses, professional sports teams suspend seasons, travel is limited or prohibited altogether, and stores are void of food and supplies. Our nation is in a state of emergency and panic. I don’t tend to get worked up about these things, and the virus itself doesn’t have me in a panic. But the frenzied reactions, the ever-changing scenarios and decisions, the frazzled shoppers, the constant chatter everywhere I turn – that creates anxiety in me and tempts me to give in to fear.

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Lessons From The Zipline

I was so excited for the opportunity to zipline for the first time. I quickly signed up and couldn’t wait to try it. When the time came, I geared up- bottom harness, top harness, helmet and gloves. I was ready. I climbed up about 6 flights of stairs before stepping out onto the platform.

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This Is Me

I have long since graduated college, but this video inspires me. When merged with biblical principles, it fires me up; it ignites the passion in my soul. Why? Because “obedience” is the word God has given me this year. I don’t typically succumb to the tradition of choosing a theme word for a given time period, but last year I found “surrender” to be an uninvited yet necessary theme in my life. And as I have been slowly learning to surrender my life and my plans to the Almighty God, (you wouldn’t think it would be so hard- I mean, He is the ALMIGHTY God!), He has also been working in my heart to live in full obedience to what He is calling me to.

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