Those of you who are parents (or aunties or have ever dealt with toddlers) know what it’s like when a two-year-old is just DONE – overwhelmed with ALL OF THE THINGS and has a meltdown. As an adult, you pull them onto your lap, rub their back, and remind them of what’s true.

“I’m right here.”

“It’s going to be ok.”

This week I’m posting a series of three truths with Scripture to help calm us in the chaos of Covid. You can see the first posts here and here.

Here’s the second truth…

Truth #2: You have nothing to lose.

I can just hear you yelling at the screen, “ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I HAVE EVERYTHING TO LOSE!”

Last week was that I listened to someone speaking about the phenomenon of “anticipatory grief” that has been prompted by the chaos and uncertainty of the pandemic.

Covid has broken our collective sense of safety. We are afraid of loss! We don’t know what’s coming next, and so many of us are preemptively experiencing the stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, sadness acceptance, and the new one – meaning). BUT these stages are not linear. They themselves are not predictable! Lord have mercy!

Again, it’s helpful to pay attention – to recognize the stages of grief that you’re experiencing while also acknowledging “Lord, this loss is temporal, You are eternal.”

God is JEHOVAH-JIREH -the One who will provide.

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

PSALM 23:1

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

2 CORINTHIANS 12:9

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ

philippians 3:8

But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.

psalm 33:11

Which of these do you need to hear most today?

What do they say about who God is and who you are?