Sun in my eyes!

I was sitting at the table this morning and the sun was shining in my eyes. It is a sunny cold day. Yesterday was a spring day, warm, windy, stormy. We grilled even while the storms were rumbling all around us. That could actually be a metaphor for what is going on in your life right now. I was standing there grilling, in the middle of all the storms raging. I continue my life, perhaps in a changed way, but continue it nonetheless, in the middle of the storms that are raging - coronavirus, stock market issues, closed businesses, take out and drive through dining, and so on.

But that wasn't what my thought was as the sun shone in my eyes as I sat at the table (ramblings remember). I thought, look at the sun coming through that window.

This is the window. As I was blinded, I thought, wait a minute, that is coming through a different window than it did at the beginning of the week. You see, it came in on Monday in through the window on the right. This morning it came through the window on the left, between the tree and the garage. OK, so what?

I thought about this and thought, "Self, God is still in control. The world is still moving just as it should. The virus has not stopped the world that God has given to us. Remember, Self, that the virus is not in control. God is." Think about that. The coronavirus has caused a lot of changes. You might even be trapped in your house right now as you read this. But think of this. The sun came up at the exact right time this morning. The virus didn't stop it. The day will last the exact right about of time today. The virus can't stop that. The wind will still blow (and boy did it blow last night). The virus couldn't stop that. The universe is still moving in the exact same way that it has since God created it. Scientists tell us that (thought they argue about the age of the universe. Friends, God made it when He made it!).

My point? God is still in control. Yes, this is a crazy time. We are seeing the results of a fallen world. There is sickness. When this virus is overcome, something else will happen. Remember polio, mumps and measles? God gave the right people the understanding on how to overcome those, and yet, the next one came along. Why? A fallen world. Yes, there will be earthquakes and calamities. Jesus warned us of these. But He also said, "Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." (Luke 21:28) Instead of looking at the things of the world that are messed up and causing all sorts of issues in this world and in your life, look to the Lord, be held fast in the hand of the Father and trust in that which you have been given - faith in Christ and the hope of life eternal.

Yes, there are changes. Yet, there are things that have not changed. When your heart becomes faint, lift up that faint heart in prayer to the Lord that never changes. He will strength the faint heart and the feeble knees and will give comfort, peace and strength.

The sun continue in its course. The earth continues to spin. And the Christian still awaits the coming of the Lord. Yes, things are pretty much the same as before the virus.