We can rest in the promises that God is sufficient for our needs. Hang on to it! For Christians, we know from the Bible that the Lord never forsakes us. Even if it’s a pinprick, even if it’s a tiny candle in a massive damp cave, it’s still there. Instead of focusing on the darkness, we can take a deep breath and choose to focus on the light. But what about the positive? What about those shiny silver linings to the looming storm clouds? That’s harder to spot, but worth the effort. There’s plenty of negative things to obsess over-that’s easy. And gratitude is tied closely to perspective. A thankful heart pushes back the darkness and allows the light in. I believe that’s the key to all that consumes us-gratitude. People were thankful for milestones achieved, accomplishments made, and relationships enhanced. People built houses, wrote entire novels, learned new crafts and created new recipes, knocked off several “honey-do” items around their home, got cleaned out and organized, memorized Scriptures, and more. Users asked their friends to comment and share something good that happened during the year. It seemed as if a curtain of darkness consumed most of 2020.Īnd yet, at the end of the year, my social media newsfeeds were flooded with posts of thankfulness. There was nowhere to go to escape the new reality that America-and the world at large-found themselves in. “Alone, together” as one commercial put it. We fought over toilet paper, we fought over politics, and we fought over the right way to handle a very unprecedented crisis. Lack of social interaction, stress over finances and lay-offs, worry over potentially getting sick, low grocery stock in stores, and loneliness were just a few of the anxieties that many people across the entire world shared. For many, it brought great waves of anxiety and depression.
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