I know February is short, but March sure snuck up on me! It's really crazy to think how oblivious we all were this time last year. Coronavirus was just a rumor that few of us believed would hit the U.S.A. Little did we know, in a couple of weeks, our normal lives as we had known them were about to flip upside down.
Do you know who wasn't oblivious...wasn't shocked or surprised by March 2020: our almighty God. He wasn't scrambling for answers or facemasks and certainly not toilet paper. I think many of us can look back on the last year and find that he didn't let any of the struggle go in vain. He chiseled away at our ungratefulness, at our spirit of discontent, and mostly at our idol of comfort and convenience. None of us would have asked for the suffering of this past year, but as usual, we wouldn't have reaped the reward of the changes in our character that come with this kind of refinement either.
While this month will be a time to grieve and pray for families who lost someone due to Covid, families who suffered financially, and for whatever hardships this month of March marks the anniversary for; may it also be a time to praise the Lord for the ways he comforted, provided, and removed us from our man made thrones of control.
May March always serve as a time in our lives to remember that our God is omniscient, mighty to save, and too loving to let our temporary happiness stand in the way of his everlasting joy.
