The stay at home order has been in effect for more than a week and we’ve been out once to the store and the Post Office. We have a PO Box in town, so we don’t have much choice. Mail to the house is iffy as the kids get bored and play smash the mail box at times. Sadly, the law takes a dim view of the obvious cure for such uncouth behavior.
When we did go out we found ourselves looking at all the things we never noticed over the years. I love Dogwood trees in bloom. We have two on our property, and a Crabapple tree, all in bloom. But we never noticed before, all the Dogwood tree between our home and town. We never noticed how many were in town either.
We take so much for granted in our everyday lives. So much so, that we have gone blind to God’s daily gifts to us. Dare I say they were until now, mundane? It was our loss.
COVID-19, has inflamed our fears, yet it has made us look beyond ourselves. People, though needing to keep a safe distance from others, are saying hi and waving to one another. We are finding in this age of wireless communication, a deep human need for real contact with our fellow man.
People are setting aside time to hunt bear in neighborhood windows, wave at people we don’t know, pray for family and strangers alike. Even use a drone to meet new people. People are taking to the sidewalks for a group sing along each afternoon. We cheer doctors, nurses, EMTs even the person keeping the shelves stalked at the store.
We are finding life’s joys in a time that scares us all.
We are finding ourselves, we are finding our humanity, we are finding our need for each other and for God.
We as as nation, as a world, as humankind, must take hold of this and never let go. Shun the petty and revel in the kindness, and love we see.
Pray for those we lost and we will lose. Pray for the over worked nurse that took the time to hold the hand of the dying so they did not die alone. They are Angles sent by God to do a job, only an Angel can do.
May God Bless you, and keep you, and yours safe, and may you ever see His hand in your life.