The world has been experiencing this
phenomenon recently... our plans have been changing rapidly due to the COVID-19
reality. Travel plans, meeting plans, church plans... sometimes, we need to
implement a Plan B.
As I've been working with parish
leadership this week, we've recognised that even Plan B can't be considered a
certainty. Sometimes we need a Plan C. Or D. Or Q!
The reality is that life is uncertain.
And when things beyond our control toss our lives into flux, we get reminded of
that in a hurry.
The current global health pandemic is
merely reminding us of our human-ness: we are not in charge. We are not in
control. We never were: we just liked to pretend that way.
How interesting that we, as society and
as individuals, can forget that we are not in control. It was just a few short
weeks ago in our Ash Wednesday liturgies that we were reminded of the
ever-changing and temporary nature of this life; and how in Lent we are
challenged to give something up to remind us that at some point we will need to
give all things up.
Even in the midst of Lent, in the
journey of remembering, we forget.
We
forget that we do not control all things. We forget that we are not meant to be
isolated. We forget that we are to be compassionate. We forget that we are meant
to be continually adaptive to the world and people around us. (Blessed are the flexible; for they shall not
get bent out of shape).
While worship may look very different
to us today due to the impacts of COVID-19 and our intentional and wisdom-based
responses to it, may we be open to the Plan B: for God is there. And God is in
control.
And that's okay.
Very true
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