Parents, Whether we are with our quaranteens, or quarantiny’s, or with a quaranteam, or in quaranfinement, we can do this! Whether we are quaranteering or feel quarantold, we can do this! Whether we are quarantined to our homes, hospital rooms, or our essential jobs, we can do this! Whether we are like newlyweds making the best of this conjugal quarandream or we are feeling forced into an uncomfortable quarantogetherness, we can do this! Whether we’ve had to experience some rough quarantissues because someone was quaranhoarding the quilted stuff, we can do this! Whether we have been quarantisolated or we’ve had some virtual visitation in our digital Brady boxes, or had some Macy-esque widow parades, we can do this! Whether we are in quarantopia, or quarantheaven or quarangatory, we can do this! It sounds like soon we are going to be vegantined, we can even do this!
The apostle Paul had endured many challenges: beatings, imprisonment, lack of food and clothing, shipwrecks, and stonings. He had also experienced great blessings. He tells us how he did it and the extra blessing of others enduring the hardships with him…He says, “I know both how to make do with little, and I know how to make do with a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content - whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need. I am able to do all things through him who strengthens me. Still, you did well by partnering with me in my hardship.” Philippians 4:12-14 (CSBBible) We can do this! If we are all by ourselves, we could do it with only Jesus strengthening us. His strength is sufficient. But, it’s even better when Jesus’ people partner together in His strength do this. We are strengthened by who we belong to, who we are attached to… we belong to Jesus, and we belong to each other… we can be quaranstrengthened in Christ and we can also help strengthen each other in this hardship. Spend some time with Jesus and be strengthened, and spend some time with someone you care about, even if it’s only virtually, to act like a Jesus follower and pour some strength into them, as well as, point them to The Source of strength.
Hang in there people! God is with us! I’m praying for you all!
