Back during the series of tropical systems that seemingly, each week, approached the Gulf Coast, our daughter Beth, who lives in Bay Saint Louis, sent out the following text: “When people ask me where I live, I just say in the cone of uncertainty”! (If you watch Jim Cantore and the Weather Channel, you can visualize where she is.) Her text was a lighthearted way of viewing life, not knowing when, where, and at what strength the storms would strike. The year 2020, the year of Covid-19, has become like that for many. All of the things we take for granted, even the traditions of Thanksgiving, family gatherings, and trips to share this time with loved ones, are uncertain, if not risky. We are uncertain about what will happen next.
In Philippians, Paul writes to the church, a group whose security and very existence are threatened. In the face of their uncertainty he says in Philippians 4:6-7: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” Of that, we can be certain—with thanksgiving to God—in all things.
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