Choose Faith

Down in the hollow beside the path nestle the pale yellow primula. We look for them every year, and they don’t disappoint. Nobody tends them, but they appear annually. Their delicate design brings a smile to our faces as we greet old friends with delight, friends not seen since last year.

Distanced from our friends and family, we wonder when we will greet them again with delight, apart from in a virtual fashion. We don’t know, but we do know that ‘this too shall pass’ and we will, indeed, hug and greet loved ones once more.

Corona virus is an invisible enemy, striking indiscriminately. There is horror arising from the fear of not being able to see it.

We have a choice. We can live in fear of an invisible enemy, or we can live in faith in the God who gave his life to set us free from fear. He, too, is invisible, and yet his presence can be felt through the Holy Spirit he entrusts us to.

Again I make the choice, to live in faith. It is a choice that needs to be made moment-by-moment. It is a choice made easier if I use some of the ‘down time’ we have been given, by drawing nearer to God, and getting to know him better.

There is no fear in love. Perfect love casts out fear.

May you choose faith today. May I choose it too.