I know I feel it. A new boss and changes at work are making me wonder if my job will still be there next year. Also, my wife and I decided, just before the coronavirus quarantines, to move to a new house within walking distance of the schools our boys attend. But ever since, it’s been unclear whether they’ll even be going to school in those buildings. It’s also unclear if we even should send them back to school amidst a pandemic.
We live today in a constant fog—uncertain when the pandemic will end, whether the economy will recover, whether inequities in our society will improve and social unrest will ease. We move forward because we must, but we have no idea what’s around the bend.
It’s taking a toll on all of us. As I talk with neighbors and co-workers, underneath each conversation is a palpable sense of concern about the future.
I know I feel it. A new boss and changes at work are making me wonder if my job will still be there next year. Also, my wife and I decided, just before the coronavirus quarantines, to move to a new house within walking distance of the schools our boys attend. But ever since, it’s been unclear whether they’ll even be going to school in those buildings. It’s also unclear if we even should send them back to school amidst a pandemic.
Others have much bigger concerns than I do. A job already lost. A mortgage they can’t pay. A family member who’s sick. A spouse working in health care or retail or who is going back to teach a roomful of kids.
We have no detailed answers to these worries. But in these uncertain times, I’ve found the Reformed doctrine that the Bible is sufficient for all of faith and life to be truer than ever.
“Fear not,” God told His people in Isaiah 41:10. “I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
