Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. (KJV)
The calendar says it’s a new year, 2021. But in so many ways, not much has changed. We are still limited on the places we can go and what we can do. Masks are still required most places. It will still be a while before things change drastically. However, with several types of vaccines and an increase in positive tests, we are moving closer to herd immunity and, perhaps, some sense of normalcy.
Since March, most of us have wanted nothing more than to get back to “normal.” March 8th, 2020 was the last time the Summit congregation all worshipped together in one building. Since then, I have longed to be back together in one place, to resume Bible classes, to have fellowship meals, picnics and retreats.
What is it that you have missed? What do you look forward to when the pandemic begins to subside? As Peggy Noonan wrote in the Wall Street Journal last week, what is “the picture you kept in your head that helped you keep going, that captured what you missed and will have again?” What are you longing to be able to do? Maybe it is singing in worship without masks. Maybe it is warmly welcoming visitors back into our assemblies. Do you long to spend more time serving the Church and the community? Do you want to spend more time in evangelizing the community? Or do you long to spend time in fellowship with your brothers and sisters?
Stay focused on what it is you have been missing and longing to be able to do. Share your thoughts with your brothers and sisters. Share your thoughts with the Elders. As a popular song says, “there will be light after dark, someday when we aren’t 6 feet apart.” I cannot wait to be together again.
