Lockdown 42

Lockdown Day 42 - 7 May 2020

Well, well, it is Day 42. Who would've thought. In a strange way I feel the prisoners of War held by Hitler and I are kindred spirits. Sure, it is not war (or is it?) with weapons (now I'm not so sure), but the fight stays the same. We are fighting to stay alive and to trump (no pun intended) this virus and stand the test of time. And what a test this is on so many levels. 

I believe the greatest test is the fight for peace in our inner chambers of self. The battle outside sparks an inner battle so deep in our spirit, soul and body. The dynamics of who we are in our essence has been shaken up to such an extent that we were forced (there's that no control again) into a corridor of life where there is no return. 

So looking forward is the only way to go.  Just like Paul says in Philippians 3:13b, "but one thing I do,  forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead". 

Your vision first changes to tunnel vision until you get used to the low light. Then suddenly the walls of the corridor comes to life and you start seeing texture, feeling temperature and looking for the light. Once you've decided to make a run for it, the Light becomes the focus. 

You were designed to follow the Light.  This is how Hitler knew to keep his prisoners alive - by giving them the tiniest little flicker of hope to hang on to. Corrie Ten Boom wrote in The Hiding Place, "If God has shown us bad times ahead, it's enough for me that He knows about them. That's why He sometimes shows us things, you know - to tell us that this too is in His hands." 

Surviving the holocaust and living to tell the story is an amazing thing. But to say those words in the face of the most terrible adversity is nothing short of miraculous. 

While visiting a similar camp outside Berlin a number of years ago I literally felt the trauma while standing in the place the prisoners slept. Although Corona is a far cry from the holocaust, the whole planet is in a bad state. Humankind will however, God willing, survive this too. How? By trusting that God's got this. 

In Corrie ten Boom's words, “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” 

I leave you tonight with a song:

https://youtu.be/LjF9IqvXDjY