Reflections on 2020
This year has challenged many of us with hardships, disappointments, loneliness. We've gone long without seeing family or friends or feeling the warmth of a hug. We've tried to make good decisions in confusing and uncertain times while wondering whom to believe. While our family has not experienced this, some of you have lost work or close family members. Looking back, I'm beginning to see how God has been using this year to teach me. Perhaps, despite the difficulty, I'm learning to be grateful for this year as God's continuing to mold me into the image of Christ. 1. Contentment in Disappointment I'm learning, with faltering steps, that "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me." When something seems impossible to bear, Christ can help me bear it this moment, and if He can now, He can in the future as well. When my hopes are dashed, more than once (whether due to the pandemic or not), sometimes not even those closest to me know the depth, bu...