WE LEARNED THAT WE WERE NOT IN CONTROL – WE LEARNED WHAT WE ALREADY KNEW...
WE LEARNED HOW FRAGILE WE ARE – THAT TOMORROW IS NOT PROMISED TO ANY OF US...
WE LEARNED THAT WE HAD TOO MUCH – MORE THAN OUR DAILY BREAD...
WE LEARNED THAT WE EXPECTED THINGS, DEMANDED THEM...TOOK THEM FOR GRANTED...THAT WE HAD RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL AS RIGHTS...
WE LEARNED THAT WE CANNOT DO EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT...
WE LEARNED THAT SMALL PEOPLE WERE IMPORTANT...THAT SOCIALISED MEDICINE COMES FROM GOD...
WE LEARNED WHAT WE ARE REALLY LIKE...
WE LEARNED THAT WE ARE NOT THE EXPERTS...THAT GOD MADE SCIENCE...
WE LEARNED ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT COME BEFORE GOD...THAT WE TRUST IN IDOLS AND RUN AFTER OTHER GODS...
WE LEARNED THAT WE CANNOT IGNORE A PROBLEM AND EXPECT IT TO GO AWAY...THAT THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES...
WE LEARNED WE COULD DO NEW THINGS...IF WE ASKED FOR HELP...
WE LEARNED TECHNOLOGY COULD BE USED FOR PRAYER...THAT PRAYER IS A WAY OF LIFE...NOT A THING WE DO...
WE LEARNED TO BLOW THE DUST OFF OUR BIBLES – AND FIND OUT WHAT GOD THINKS...
WE LEARNED THAT OTHERS SUFFER MORE, SO MUCH MORE THAN WE DO...
WE LEARNED ABOUT THE GULF BETWEEN THEM AND US...AND HOW MUCH WE WERE WILLING TO BRIDGE THAT GULF...
WE LEARNED WE ARE NOT THE PEOPLE WE PRETEND TO BE...WE ARE EVERY BIT AS DULL OF HEARING AND STIFF-NECKED AS ANY PEOPLE IN THE PAST...
WE LEARNED WHAT MUCH OF THE WORLD ALREADY KNOWS AND HAS ALWAYS KNOWN...WE’RE JUST PLAYING CATCH UP...
WE LEARNED THAT IF YOU HURT THE EARTH AND USE ITS RESOURCES WE FORFEIT THE RIGHT TO ENJOY THEM...
WE LEARNED TO BE STILL AND HEAR THE BIRDS SING...TO ENJOY THE SIMPLE THINGS ON OUR DOORSTEP...AND SPEAK TO OUR NEIGHBOURS...
WE LEARNED TO BE HONEST AND TO KNOW JUST HOW FAR WE HAVE TO GO...
WE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE EPIDEMICS OF DEADLIER STRIPE THAN COVID...
WE LEARNED THAT LIFE IN THE SPIRIT COUNTS FOR MORE THAN LIFE ONLY IN THE BODY...
WE LEARNED THAT MANY PEOPLE DIED WITHOUT KNOWING JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOUR...
WE LEARNED THAT FLOWERS GROW IN THE DESERT...THAT WE COULD AND SHOULD SING IN A FOREIGN LAND...
WE LEARNED THAT GOD NEVER TURNED AWAY FROM US...WE DO THE TURNING AWAY...
WE LEARNED MANY PAINFUL LESSONS ABOUT GRIEF AND LOSS...
WE LEARNED THAT GOD IS IN THIS THING WITH US...THAT HE WANTS PEOPLE TO TURN TO HIM, NOT JUST AS A WAY OUT...BUT AS THE WAY INTO LIFE...
WE LEARNED TO TRUST GOD IN THE STORM...
WE LEARNED THAT NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD...
WHAT WILL HE DO WITH WHAT HIS PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED?
MFR 30-03-21