a very different place.

About 6 weeks ago, I decided to take a break from social media as part of the Lenten season, preparing my heart for the remembrance of the death of Jesus on Good Friday and then the victorious resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday.

6 weeks ago the world was a very different place.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51235105

Despite not being as active on social media, it was hard not to be glued to my news feed and constantly refreshing the page to see what was the latest update on the pandemic our world is living through right now.

The world is not as it should be.

My heart breaks for the lives that ended too early and the families that will be forever scarred by this pandemic.

But the reality is, the world has not been as it should be for a long time.

Not just about the chocolate

I posted this on Instagram a few days ago… (there is a word missing somewhere hehe)

 

Sustained by joy

“I delight to do your will, O my God” (Psalm 40:8).
The ultimate freedom is joy.

Jesus rejoiced to do his redeeming work for us. The physical pain of the cross did not become physical pleasure. But He was sustained through it all by joy. He really, really wanted to save us. To gather for himself a happy, holy, praising people.

He displayed his love like a husband yearning for a beloved bride (Ephesians 5:25–33).

– Love to the Uttermost: Holy Week with John Piper (Day 4)

Calvary covers it all