Read Psalm 130:1-8. Just over three years ago, our world seemed to fall apart. Everything changed as the Coronavirus pandemic hit hard around the globe. Many people went into lockdown, isolated from their family and friends. Some found their jobs in peril. Children’s education was interrupted. Many did not get help for health problems. Some wondered if God had abandoned us. Coronavirus was a huge hole for the world, and we still see the effects of this pandemic today and, I suspect, for years to come.
But God reassures us that his presence is inescapable. He will never abandon us. And nothing that happens to us can separate us from his love. We can continue to hope in him. Christian scholar, David Bartlett writes:
The Christian looks at Good Friday and Easter, at the love of God in Jesus Christ, and knows that God is God and shall be God and that nothing will be able to separate us from God’s love. That is our Hope. That is our confidence.
As we look back on the pandemic, we can reflect on and celebrate the ways in which God has delivered us through it and look back and see his presence with us throughout.
If this pandemic has taught us anything, surely, it’s that nothing can ever separate us from the love of God! That’s worth celebrating!
Think It Over
Think about the following:
• How did you experience God’s presence through the Coronavirus pandemic?
