~:[CH10 - Day 94]:~ Refocusing

~:[CH10 - Day 94]:~ Refocusing

One of the benefits of the pandemic has been our ability to refocus on our priorities and all that we are doing in our lives. We can see a lot of what we need to fix and also what we've been distracted by. One of the things that we've been able to refocus on is the purpose of this holiday. As I sat in on the message in service today, it was a great way to refocus. To forget the festivities that come on this day and rather fill it with the purpose of the day itself. It was a good day to remind ourselves of the struggles we've faced and how we dealt with them, but also in most of our cases, just how privileged we were in these times. Not all of us were so lucky, but many were able to maintain their health or keep their jobs with their biggest complaint being what they are limited in doing or the discomforts of the times. For others, the loss of a job or even worse, the loss of a loved one became the reality. As while the Lord may not always be felt or heard, he is truly ever-present. I often think back to the poem Footprints as it discusses the set of footprints in the sand and the single set of footprints that existed when the times for the subject of the poem were most difficult. It wasn't that they were abandoned in those times, but rather they were being carried. While the pandemic is improving and maybe there will be more normalcy moving forward, let's take these days we have to refocus to ensure that we are headed where we want to be. In all aspects of our lives, we can use a little realignment and tune up and on this day, it can start with the reason behind this special day.