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Truth and Tragedy
Tragic happenings have a way of waking us up.
- A terrorist attack reminds us to place our security in the Lord and not in the devices and achievements of men.
- A sudden death of someone we love reminds us that eternity is not far from any of us and we should make the most of every day.
- A sudden death of a child reminds us to cherish our own children.
- A marital breakup reminds us not to take our own relationships for granted.
- A lost job makes us appreciate a job we took for granted or complained about.
It would be nice if we never needed these “wake-up calls”, but unfortunately, we do. These painful times sometimes seem like the only way God can get our attention. C.S. Lewis referred to pain as God’s megaphone.
This last year has been filled with tragedy. Loved ones died. Christians argued over what to do about meeting in person. Churches lost their own. People drifted apart. Makes one wonder if the masks we wore during this pandemic revealed the masks we wore of devotion and intimacy.
As “normalcy” returns, let’s not get back to normal. Ask the following questions:
- What worked during this last year? Why?
- What didn’t work during this last year? Why?
- Do we need to rekindle the fire?
- How can we not take for granted any more people? Why did we beforehand?
- How can we not take for granted any more assembling together? How did that happen that we got stale?
- Who do we need to reach out to?
- How can we spend more time together to build stronger bonds?
- Add your own questions please and answers.
The cross was a tragedy that turned into a blessing because God was behind it all (Acts 2:22-24). This reversal of pain into gain resulted in God’s people doing … yes, that is how I want to say it. They were “doing” because they were “being” transformed from their own tragedies into God’s “workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works” (Eph.2:10).
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