“We do not have the answers. We never will, and we don’t need them. We want them, but our faith is not defined with the parameters of what we know. Faith is practiced in the places where we don’t know, where questions loom large, where life seems meaningless.” -Erin H. Moon, Broken Things, Lenten Study
Isn’t this quote the ultimate of ultimates- we have a quest to become content with the unknown. We’re in day #13 of quarantine- where I ultimately never leave my house. Day #15 of statewide school closures, but it is Spring Break, so I have time to step away.
Things that have occurred to me since being locked in my house:
Will we ever be back to the place where it’s normal to go to the store and they have exactly what you need and you don’t have to hunt down places that have it?
Will we ever be able to be near a person again in a public place?
Will I ever be able to go to the grocery story and not have to put hand sanitzer on every single time I touch something?
Will we ever have to not have a sanitizing station for incoming products into our house?
Will I ever get to hug a person’s neck again or cuddle my baby niece before she becomes too big or the older niece before she no longer wants us to?
These are questions that I can’t answer and definitely things I have taken for granted.
What I can say about quarantine is that it’s allowed a lot of intentionality. It’s becoming increasingly important to see someone’s face when I talk to them- so I’ve FaceTimed people more than a little these days. It’s allowed purposeful time to rest and step back, to reset, but also to start again.
It’s in intention that we find ourselves opening ourselves up to new adventures or old dreams that have laid dormant for a long while. In this time, we have space. Space to create in new ways and space to hold our hearts to the deepest desires that have been placed there. It could be that you write that book, you publish that blog, or even start that non-profit you’ve always dreamed of building. It could be space to develop skills and dive deeper into an area that you’ve been neglecting. This time at home is ripe with possibility, if we let it be so. It’s time to get up and stay home, to stay home and make space for the Ulitmate good that I believe will be released from this time.
I truly believe that when we move past this time, we will be able to look at the good and bad and be grateful. Grateful for what this space allowed me to be or to become. So what’s your intention during this time?
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