Amidst the Confusion

Lately I have been feeling more and more confused and unsettled. It feels like just over one year ago, when this thing called Covid-19 entered onto the scene of the history of the world, all things peaceful fled from my life. Since then, life has been filled with uncertainty, fear, constantly changing government policies and the like. Our children’s education looks way different, our church life has a totally different face, and our social life has decreased to almost nothing.

For me, the worst of it all is the confusion that I feel in my mind. I hear about and read about sometimes completely conflicting ideas, watch videos that completely oppose one another, and am aware that differing opinions are even dividing families. On the one extreme, I hear stories from relatives and friends about people who are severely ill and even dying of Covid-19 and that causes many people to feel afraid. I had to visit a doctor a while back and was surprised when I walked into his office, to see him wearing a hideous looking dark grey mask that covered almost his entire face. I thought to myself  that if I had taken my young daughter along with me I would not be surprised at all if she had run screaming in terror from the doctor’s office. I thought to myself, "Wow, what kind of world are we living in?!"

On the other extreme, I have read articles and watched videos of people expressing their belief that this pandemic was not only planned, but that it is actually a hoax, fed into by instilling fear by a biased, mainstream media and many false positives from the health sector. These opposing viewpoints make me feel so unnerved. I begin to fear that our world is spinning out of control. I don’t know what to believe anymore and the truth be told, I don’t know what sources I can truly trust to be reliable and factual.

But our God is good – so good!! I don’t believe that I stumbled upon the following verses by chance, but that God knew I needed them so He made sure that I would read them. He knew I needed the truths found within them. I want to share these two verses with you, so that you can be reminded of these truths as well.

The first verse is Isaiah 40:8. “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of our God endures forever.” No matter what chaos is taking place on this earth, I am soo soo thankful that the Word of our God is unchanging. We can always find truth there and we can always find guidance for our lives. We might not be able to find out how many true Covid cases there are or if this pandemic was planned or not, but we can sure find out many very important, useful, and encouraging things!

The second verse I found was Malachi 3:6(a). It says simply, “I the Lord do not change.” Even though God was speaking to the Israelites through His servant Malachi, He is also at the same time speaking to us, thousands of years later. Because, remember, the Word of our God stands forever! This verse is a sweet reminder that God’s love and faithfulness, His mercy, His grace, His power, and His justice are unchanging. How comforting that is!

Amidst the confusion of living in these crazy times, let us hold on tight to two things that can truly anchor us and give us both security and serenity – our faithful and unchanging God and the truth of His unchanging Word. 

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