“Celebrating Life Itself Today”
I just had a wonderful phone conversation with a good friend. He is one of a few people who always stimulate my best thinking.
He was wanting me to pray for him as he struggles with “a sense of direction” in his work during the covid-19 crisis. I suspect we are all struggling with similar issues right now. Even if we are not working in the nine-to-five sense, we are wrestling with some variation of the question, “How should I live my life in light of this pandemic?”
I suspect that, right now, having a clear sense of direction isn’t quite as important as it usually is. Perhaps the main thing right now is to just stay alive, and do just a little bit more than stay alive. Maybe being alive and staying alive is direction enough.
Maybe it always was. I was thinking about the throwaway question, “How are you today?” Perhaps we could make the question less routine with a life-affirming answer.
“I am alive today! And so are you! How cool is that!” Something like that.
Perhaps this terrible, deadly plague is reminding us of what we should never have forgotten—that life itself matters. Being alive is a great thing. Other people being alive is a great thing. Do we really need more than that?
Yes, I also believe in Life after death, in eternal Life through Jesus Christ. But even our mortal life is precious in God’s sight. Perhaps we should try looking at life, ourselves, one another, and all creation through God’s eyes.
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