Cancel
At Kate Motaung’s Five Minute Friday, the prompt this week was the word CANCEL.
With a year like 2020 almost ready to be ripped off the calendar, do we just want to wash it away? How could we think of anything but CANCEL! As a world, countries across the globe have faced an unprecedented pandemic with deaths in the hundreds of thousands. In addition, in our own country, we endured not only the fear of what the pandemic could do to our families and loved ones, we faced bickering, protests, killings, social injustice, lawlessness, the tearing apart of a nation, and the news presenting pictures of our country that looked like a war zone. How could we not want to cancel those images or the fear that beset us?
However, in the midst of those terrors, God brought about heroes, grace, and His beauty as still witnessed in His creation. It became a year where we learned to treasure our families, call them often, learn how technology could bring us who were separated close together. As for me, I threw myself into a project I never would have begun. I dove into a book proposal group and started writing a book that would have still been waiting in the background of my mind.
There were humorous moments: laughter at finding antiseptic wipes. I said they meant more than M&M peanuts and started a plethora of comments from my friends. There was a comparison of finding baking flour with the scarcity of finding toilet paper.
In the long run, what did we take away? Do we really want to cancel 2020? Or do we just want the horrors of this year solved?
The prayer is that we find solutions for the heartaches of this year and keep our eyes fixed on God’s love, His beauty and the Scriptures that reflect His majesty and comfort in His creation. With photos that cement the words in our minds and hearts.
Praying for a Blessed 2021.
From My Heart to Yours,
Janis
We wish that we could wash away
those things that cause distress,
to wake unto a bighter day
unburdened by the stress
of having now to take our place
on the side of God,
and offer kind and severe grace
to a world so badly flawed
that it may seem beyond repair,
a total loss for rubbish tip,
but if we find that we can care,
and hold our mocking lip,
we’ll heal this sad land piece by piece
and Satan’s plans we shall surcease.
Thank you, Andrew, for stopping by.
Your thoughts pierce at the heart of our distress and our need to offer grace. Beautifully done.
From My Heart to Yours,
Janis
Good morning from your FMF neighbor (#41)! So valuable to hear you draw out the lessons that linger from this year of shifting. Thank you for sharing your insights and the gifts of this year, with a hopeful eye for the one to come. Blessings with your book proposal and writing journey!
Angelique,
Thank you for stopping by! I need to head over to your post and see what thoughts raced through your mind with the word prompt.
Thank you for your blessings on my book writing journey ahead.
From My Heart to Yours
Janis
Love the thoughts you’ve expressed in this post.
Thanks for sharing.
Visiting from #36
Hi Sandra,
So nice to meet you. I’ll have to stop by your place and find out what the word, “Cancel,” brought to your mind.
From My Heart to Yours,
Janis