In This Together

In This Together

Our Souls Held Hands

(Reflections in Quarantine)

Tamara Harbert

You stopped us in our tracks

and our souls held hands for a moment.

Just for a second, we were FOR each other,

rooting for one another.

For a breath of time, we overlooked what is best for Me –

and focused on what is best for Us.

Finding ways to bless someone else.

Cherishing everyday with my family under one roof –

This hasn’t happened for awhile.

The cause has been cruel, but I can’t help feeling

that this time is a gift if I choose to see it that way.

Yes, you stopped us in our tracks, isolating us,

trying to infuse us with fear –

But instead our souls held hands –

just for a moment.

During these months, we are learning that we don’t all agree in all areas when it comes to treating, preventing, stopping the spread of or slowing down the Corona virus.  There are even more differences of opinion when it comes to opening up our society again.  But in these days, it has been encouraging to see so many examples of people sacrificing their preferences and conveniences so others can feel more comfortable and safer.  We are learning that we are better when we work together and towards a common purpose than when we try to make the journey alone. 

In the midst of this pandemic, God is calling us to honor Him by:

   having the mind of Christ

   trusting Him

   being of one spirit

   loving one another

   living in humility

   thinking of others more highly than ourselves

   caring for others

   serving one another

   choosing faith over fear

   living in obedience

And may our desire be for His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgement, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.

Romans 12:3

Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.  Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of others.  In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

Philippians 2:1-5