I hate to see myself on video. Absolutely hate it. I’m getting over myself, though, to share a little more of my story with you.
Weeks ago, the church I call home started a Testimony Challenge on Facebook. The purpose? To spread the name of Jesus faster and farther than the coronavirus. The instructions: To post a video testimony of God’s work in your life and challenge 10 others to do the same. Watching the responses of church members – some I know personally and some I don’t – has been such an encouragement to me during a discouraging time for our country.
When a church staffer threw down the gauntlet (in the best possible way), I broke with lockdown tradition and put on makeup, fixed my hair and pointed the iphone in my direction. Below is an abbreviated recounting of the many ways God has blessed me, taught me and been faithful to me as I’ve walked (sometimes stumbled) through life with Him.
If you are tired of all the bad news, look on Facebook at 121 Community Church or search #testimonychallenge. Or get in on the challenge yourself. Post your testimony to social media. And please post the link in the comments below. Let’s fling His fame all over the internet!
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Susan Nowell of My Place to Yours challenged me to think outside the walls of my home once the world starts to return to normal. I was convicted of my selfish thinking, but also related to the fears and concerns so vulnerably expressed by the author. Read Thinking Ahead: What Will Coming Together Look Like When #stayathome Ends for this call to the global church.
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When I wrote the monthly muster for March, I can’t honestly say I thought we would be in much the same place at the end of April. The natives are restless, the days are long, the world seems so much different while moment to moment feels the same. Groundhog day if you will. And yet I am very aware of how many reasons I have to be thankful. I’m also aware that, though we have all lost something to coronavirus, our sufferings run the gamut from missing our friends and semi-regular Target runs to financial strain and loss of a loved one. Lady Gaga (who I wouldn’t under normal circumstances quote here), said it well in explaining to Jimmy Fallon that she takes issue with the phrase “We’re all in this together.” (I’m guilty. I wrote it in my month end post for March.) Gaga said, “While I think the sentiment is nice, I also think that the fight that I’m in — or that you’re in, right? — is very different than the fight of a woman that is in, perhaps, an abusive relationship and has a child and lost her job and can’t feed her kid and can’t feed herself and also can’t get the help that she needs because she’s in a violent situation,”.
My fifteen year old broke her leg so she could see her friends more. I only wish I was kidding. She trucked down the wooden stairs one night in socks with a ukulele in one hand and a song book in another. There was tumbling and screaming and a trip to the emergency room to x-ray 2 broken bones. That $30 ukulele remains unscathed, though! Surgery to place 9 screws and a plate followed. Her sweet friends are coming often to sit in a lawn chair in our flower bed and visit with her through the window of our guest/ recovery room. So thankful for their thoughtfulness to help distract my girl from the pain.