A New Thing

Day 19 Doxology: Again, just as the last two days, when you don't do much; don't go anywhere; don't see many people there are limited opportunities to have a praise God moment like the many options that have surfaced in the years and days past.  Maybe that is the "tell" of this whole season of Lent.  We get to reset our focus and realize, as we prepare for Jesus' resurrection, the importance of one another. Sometimes the greatest doxologies are unknown to most, especially myself.

We were blessed to have a member step up and rekindle their love of teaching.  This person decided they would take their discipleship seriously and teach our children during Sunday school.  One of their many plans was to repaint the main children's room with a new theme.  This meant that the old theme needed to be painted away.  So, a plain-white base coat of paint for the main children's room was requested.

While the world was watching endless cycles of the news about the coronavirus, an elder church member took the time to move furniture and repaint a room that would demand several coats.  The old cloudy sky-blue room with camel murals is now a thing of the past, and all that is left is a blank canvas in a room with endless options.

The blank canvas is only one of two parts for today's doxology.  The first part of today's doxology is the willingness of the elder church member to invest in our children.  The second part of today's doxology is the blank canvass which is a must not only for recreating a new theme for the children's room, but it is the same for us.

Many of us spend a lifetime living as a selfish version of ourselves, but it isn't until we start over are we ready for a new theme for God to create something magical.  The prophet Isaiah reminds us the words of God, "See I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you perceive it?  I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."

Maybe a new thing is what we all need right now!