Cooped Up at Home??

In midst of the order to "stay at home" from our governor,   I have been thinking of Anne Frank in these days.   Perhaps you remember reading all or a portion of  her Diary of Anne Frank during your school days.   During the height of World War II, Anne Frank and others spent time hiding in a room for about 2 years.   Here I am struggling with staying at home in my 1500 square foot house for days and Anne Frank knew what it was to stay cooped up in a tiny room for almost 2 years.   The difficulty of that is almost unimaginable to me!

I find myself full of  a menagerie  of thoughts, going back and forth like a pendulum between the blessing and curse of it all.  When I find myself wallowing in self pity, I scold myself knowing there are so many folks who are suffering in horrific ways in these days.  I came across this quiote from The Diary of Anne Frank that I wanted to share with you for it is filled with a hope that I need in these days:

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!.   

From the mouth of a teenager living in horrific conditions  over 75 years ago cooped up inside a small room comes a word of hope.    I suppose she would never have imagined that decades later people would be reading the words of that diary.    It reminds me of the words from another book that   Anne Frank read or heard read:   

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.   (Psalm 139:14)

Whether you are weary being cooped up inside the house or not, find hope in the glorious fact that you are something special because you are a child of God!   Have a glorious week.-  Pastor Randy Wall

PRAYER -   We give you thanks for the glorious fact that you created us in your image, O God.  Thank you for the gift of life and for the life abundant found in Christ;  through Jesus Christ our Lord.   Amen.