Messages of Hope

I believe in the sun when it is not shining.

I believe in love even when I cannot feel it.

I believe in God even when he is silent.

When I first saw this on a print in a shop, I cried. It touched me so deep emotionally, and

I wasn’t sure why. My husband purchased the print for me, and it hangs in our living room.

Every time I passed it, I cried and would become so emotional.

“People say time flies when you are having fun. But when things shift into a minor key, life seems to move in slow motion. We often find ourselves thinking, “I don’t know if I am going to ever get out of these circumstances.”

According to the dictionary, the definition of a storm is a violent “disturbance of the atmosphere.” We can all agree that we will be facing a storm at some point in our lifetime. How do we deal with storms that arrive suddenly in our lives?

Stay Safe     Stay Home     Save Lives     Shelter-in-Place 

We have heard the above sayings so much recently that it has become a part of our everyday lives.  For some of us, staying at home for such a long time has become a chore of trying not to go stir crazy.  Others may be being productive by doing yard work, baking, working-at-home, and teaching their children. For others, like ourselves, it has become a time of healing from being sick with the coronavirus.  

A customary bedtime routine with our children always consisted of a diaper change, a bottle, and some worship music as they fell asleep.  One evening, the routine did not go as planned with my oldest daughter.  As she drank her bottle, she began to choke for what seemed to be eternity, and despite all of my efforts, I could not get her to breathe.