Pen-demic

 by Judy Richardson January 19, 2021  Needing others we are lost  Epidemic trapped  Seeking God to see us through  I remember my grandmother’s last days. Ella Hanks had been a first grade teacher for many years. After she retired and Grandfather had died, she had time alone and she was very sad and told me how lonely it was without him to help her feel connected.  My Uncle George came to live with her and I know she enjoyed his company, but his eating habits drove her crazy. One day, she fell and hurt her shoulder. She had tripped over a table leg and fell. She said she was shocked that he appeared naked from his shower and immediately pulled her up to a standing position. It is possible that his “help” was what caused the damage to her shoulder.  My uncle was so afraid that she would fall again and he would not be able to help her properly that he insisted she enter the nursing home across the street.  Her days in the nursing home were long. When...

  WAITING SEASON To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under Heaven.  Eccl. 3:1 First it was football season when most conversations included a comment about a favorite team, the time for the games on the weekend.  Next came the holiday season with plans for putting up house decorations, present purchases, special meals, the worship service schedules.  Then came the beginning of another year and the waiting season.  That’s where I am stuck just now. I am just waiting for Spring and some signs of new life.  I am waiting for our national politics to change for the better.  I am waiting for the distribution of the vaccine and a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is more controlled.  And my patience is wearing thin. So, what did the ancient poet of the Old Testament have to say.  All in good time.   Good things come to those who wait.  To everything there is a seaso...