Covid Blessings?

Joel and I often watch Max Lucado's video devotionals on his Facebook page.  On Memorial Day morning I found his video with The UK Blessing attached to it.  It blessed us so much, that I sent it on to others via texts and shared it on Facebook.  I wanted to share it here. Enjoy the gift it brings.

This video is an example of what I have come to define as a "Covid Blessing"!  Covid-19 has brought with it fear, depression, financial crises, and death.  The enemy is Covid, but the enemy behind this virus, is Satan who has come to "steal, kill, and destroy".   (Not for one minute do I believe God created this virus)  The destruction that has come with this pandemic is hard to grasp.  Yet in the midst of it, God keeps showing up.  He shows up in how people are caring for each other.  He is heard in the beautiful music coming out virtually.  He shows up in the many online opportunities to worship and praise Him.  He is revealed in the first responders doing all they can to save lives, while putting their own a risk.  He is present in so many beautiful blessings that have come, and "The UK Blessing" video is on the list of "things" that I have called "Covid Blessings". I believe God's promise to work all things out for good, as stated in Romans 8:28.  If we search for them we can see God moving every day in our lives.  It is so helpful to do so!

On Memorial Day we drove over to a state park about 20 minutes from our home.  We sat by the lake and enjoyed watching all the people out fishing from their boats.  We walked along the road that goes through the woods and a duck pond, listening to all the birds singing, the ducks and geese "talking" and the gentle winds moving the new leaves on the trees.  With 18 months of cancer treatments and surgeries behind us, and now with the pandemic in 2020, we are especially enjoying being getting out and into nature~ ~yet another blessing we are grateful for.

Our family lives in the Midwest, but no one lives near us.  Even though we mostly see each other only a couple times a year, we have never done a virtual gathering until Covid shook up our world.  We both know that our Zoom gatherings are another blessing that has come from Covid.

I am sure you can list your own blessings that have come in the midst of this pandemic.  It is so easy to focus on what has changed, or on what we have "lost".  There is no denying what has happened to the economy, what is happening in ICU's across our country, the grief and loss that people are experiencing. But in the middle of it all, God is.  God is here.  God is with us.  God has a plan.  God will work all things out for good.