What we are learning in the isolation will bring us out of our
desolation. Many of us are using our extra
time at home to complete or learn tasks that we had put off such as remodeling,
sewing, painting, cooking, or reading. There
are also spiritual benefits to the quarantine. Silence and listening are
essential things to practice that add to my spiritual growth. Having less busy-ness is proving to be a
relief. Time to study about faith in God gives me hope for the future. Music
and the encouragement that it brings can lift my soul out of anxiety.
There may be even deeper areas of spiritual truth waiting
for me if I’m willing to seek it out. Maybe I was putting off having a difficult
conversation with a friend or loved one. Maybe I haven’t wanted to listen to what
God has been trying to tell me. Now here
is that thing staring me in the face. There is nowhere
else to go. Maybe it’s time for serious prayer. Maybe the argument that I keep
having with myself is something important that I need to look at. I’m more apt to pay attention now because
there are fewer distractions. Though not pleasant, I see a huge area of yucky
hypocrisy that God wants me to give to Him. Maybe I have been prideful in my
thoughts and actions. It is time to sort that all out and ask God and maybe a
friend for advice and prayer. Maybe that
thing the counselor told me twenty years ago is true after all. I guess I need
to find out more about that.
Repentance and drawing near to God is always good. It
always produces fruit.
I’ve noticed that God uses it all – even the desert times – to
speak to me. He is constantly working
for my good – even when I don’t see it or I barely believe it.
