Lent Day 11, Saturday, Feb 27, 2021

“Family and Friends”

It’s Saturday! What a great day to celebrate the life that God has provided. Today’s challenge for Lent should be one that brings some joy and happiness to an otherwise “blah” season.

Today, we’re challenged to spend time with family and friends.  Typically, this challenge should be self-explanatory. However, because of our familiar nemesis, COVID, many of us will need to be creative by using technology to help connect us to our loved ones. As someone mentioned the other day, one of the odd blessings of the pandemic is that we’ve learned how to more effectively connect with our loved ones. Even those of us who were technologically-challenged before the pandemic have learned how to use our phones, tablets, and computers to help us connect with our loved ones.

Of course, we would much prefer to hang out in-person with our loved ones. Yes, if we can safely make that work, let’s do that. Nothing can replace the benefits of physical, social interaction. But lots of us don’t have the ability to physically interact with our loved ones. As a result, we will be relying on technology to help us connect with our folks.

Geography, weather, and busy schedules no longer control our ability to interact with our folks. Let’s charge those phones and tablets and connect with our loved ones today!

“This is not the time to pull away and neglect meeting together, as some have formed the habit of doing, because we need each other! In fact, we should come together even more frequently, eager to encourage and urge each other onward as we anticipate that day dawning.” (Hebrews 10:25, The Passion Translation)