We were recently talking with someone and I heard the comment made: “Well, yes that was pre-Covid”. It wasn’t long after that and we were talking with someone else and I then heard, “Yes, that happened after Covid”.
It amazes me that here we are in 2025, and we still relate so many things to either pre-Covid or post-Covid! What a moment in time that was, and it still is affecting us five years later.
Just think about life in the pre-Covid era. We had no idea what we were in for. We had no clue there would be a pandemic…that most businesses would have to close…students would have to learn from home…people would go nuts having to stay home…and there would be friends and loved ones who would pass away from this illness.
Yes sirree…we were just living our lives without any idea what the year 2020 would hold for us. If we just would have known…we could have…worried? Stopped it? Warned everybody? Hmmmm, of those options I don’t think worrying would have changed anything. I really doubt we could have stopped it from happening. But, maybe…just maybe we could have warned people. If we only would have known.
The same is true now in 2025. We have no clue what tomorrow, next week, next month, or next year will bring. We may have to go through something far worse than Covid…or…we may be blessed with something better than our wildest dreams. We just don’t know what is next. So, what can we do? Worry? Stop whatever is going to happen? Warn everybody we know? If we look at it sensibly…we know worrying about what might happen will accomplish nothing…except maybe give us high blood pressure or an ulcer. Trying to stop something when we have no idea what “it” is…is futile. And how can we warn everybody about something we don’t know the facts of yet?
I think we might spend our time in a more productive way by concentrating on what we DO know. The only thing that we as Christians know…is that someday Jesus is going to return. It might be today, tomorrow, next week or next year…we just don’t know. But since we do know that it will happen…why don’t we spend our time making sure everyone else knows too. If we put all the effort that most of us put into worrying about the future, into telling others about our Jesus…I’m guessing we might have a better, more peace-filled life today. Christ doesn’t want us to live our lives consumed with fretting about what might happen…but instead…consumed with letting our light shine for all to see.
Is fear consuming your thoughts? Do you spend your days worrying about all the “what-ifs” of life? Maybe you need to work on redirecting your thoughts on the One who already holds tomorrow in the palm of His hand. Jesus knows every detail of your future, and do you know what? He isn’t worried. So, if He isn’t wringing His hands…we shouldn’t either.
So, let’s get busy and show our friends and family the joy and peace we have in our Jesus and tell them He is coming back so we all need to get ready!
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