May 11, 2020
A Reflection from our Vestry

I’ll be honest, when I agreed to be added to the list for a weekly vestry reflection back in March I didn’t think that I would actually have to write one. I figured that by the time May rolled around we’d all be getting back into our regular lives again.

I was very clearly wrong. In my household, we reached day 50 of staying home last week, OMG!
We’ve been writing little notes each day, some funny and some a bit more serious. It started as a silly way to make our work-from-home lunches more cheerful but has slowly morphed into a way to remember what day we’re on and how far we’ve come.
Perhaps this time is God’s way of getting us all to slow down and take a breath.

We can still be sad about the things we are missing out on: graduations, weddings, first dates, happy hours and more. But we can also celebrate the things we’ve gained from all of this: a greater appreciation for simple messages from friends, some extra time with family, the wonders of technology that can bring us together and more.

Maybe we can take this time to take a step back and reflect on our lives and what’s most important to us. It can be easy to get caught up in the daily hustle and grind, especially in this area, but perhaps this time away from our “regular” lives will help us to hear God more clearly and get to know what he is trying to share with us. Maybe we just needed a little time to listen.

Lizzy Norcott