Coronavirus Reflections #10

Week 10 of lockdown and church at home!

This week I have had 3 walks with other people. One after travelling for an hour to meet for a long walk - a sense of normality. It is lovely to have the freedom but it is peculiar trying to maintain the 2m distance. There is always the return to reality of lockdown.

Next week is halfterm so it will be nice for the children to have a break from their home schooling. After half term some children are due to return to school part-time - reception, year 1 and year 6 to begin with.

I've completed my application process to be a contact tracer, The government is relying on the contact tracing system to be able to offer more freedom to people. As would be expected with a rapidly developed system, there are a few early stage issues being identified. It's very impressive all they have put together in a short period of time and hiring around 20000 people. I've got lots of training to do before I can start contacting people.

Last Sunday was the first time we had significant problems with Zoom. It happened nationally. The morning service started with a few difficulties connecting to sound. The afternoon service had to be cancelled because Zoom wouldn't connect. Oliver Baker was the preacher for us again, this time on the 10 lepers healed by Jesus. I continued to be challenged by the Proverbs studies.

Clinics are getting much busier at work - maybe as people are feeling the effects of the stress and sedentary lifestyle of lockdown, perhaps also because people are now taking action as lockdown begins to be eased.

Still making good progress with jobs around the home which is satisfying. I queued up at the garden centre on Monday so now have some gernaiums to enjoy through the summer.

There is still a shortage of flour and baking powder in the supermarket as there has been for several weeks now.

I enjoyed thinking about this part of Corinthians: The gospel - which you received, in which you stand, by which you are being saved if you hold fast to the word - a wonderful picture. I've also been reading Authority by Martyn Lloyd Jones - the authority of Jesus Christ, scripture and the Holy Spirit. How easily we loose sight of this authority and try to do things in our strength, thinking we can engineer things. We need to seek the power of the Holy Spirit to be at work in our day and generation in reviving power.