Just Write

Many of us began the e-learning process this week. This platform for class meetings, that website for assignments, the other program to access a textbook...it’s mind-boggling. As a parent, I feel for my kids and all they’re missing out on by not being in school. Social interactions with friends, live instruction from teachers, special school events they’ve looked forward to and worked toward. I also feel for the teachers and all they’re missing out on by not being in school. Thousands of remarkable people who selected an undervalued career with notoriously low pay because they love interacting with children, and are now pouring massive amounts of time and effort into learning new technology and trying to find creative ways to provide meaningful instruction via computer. I also feel for parents, as we struggle to help our children navigate life when we suddenly don’t know how to navigate it ourselves.  I was reminded this week by Priscilla Shirer’s study of Gideon, that cris...

I was asked yesterday what I thought God was teaching me in this strange time. I admit, I hadn’t thought about it. Don’t get me wrong, I’d thought about His provision, His protection, and His providence, but I hadn’t asked Him what He was teaching me, specifically. I think it’s this: that in the battle between good and evil God absolutely wins, but that doesn’t negate the existence of evil. God tells us in Romans 8:28 that for those who love Him, all things work together for good. This does not mean that circumstance is good. It means that God and His work are good, and that those who love Him will experience that in spite of the present suffering (Rom. 8:18).  In every battle, before there is victory there is loss, and there are lessons.  There is always a middle; the time between when the battle begins and when the victory is claimed. It is uncomfortable and uncertain. It is sometimes even guilt-ridden because we know that God is sovereign and yet life still feels hard. ...