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Lenten Devotions

Day 21: Written by Carol Agee

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“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.”  Ecclesiastes 3:1

On a cold Saturday in January 1985 my husband, children, and I were preparing for a cold winter day in our country farmhouse. The children had just come downstairs and were enjoying their Saturday morning cartoons. I was in the kitchen washing dishes when suddenly I heard a loud noise. Turning, I saw flames shooting out from where a window used to be in the second story. The local rural fire department came with their equipment, but the fire was raging and their limited fire truck equipment was not adequate and the house burnt to the ground. This traumatic happening brought so many questions to my mind. Why did this happen? Why now? Where will ne go? And what will we do? And the next questions went to did this really happen? When can we go home? How will this affect everyone’s future. And still more questions of - is this the end of something? Or the beginning of something? And if the beginning how soon will I see what new things are coming? Some of these questions took many years to answer and some have gone totally unanswered.

However, as I look back on those events from 1985, which I do on a cold winter day in January, I know that without that time of living in the country farmhouse and having an end to that season of my life, many other great things would have never happened. In church the other day, after the fire, I was moved by gratefulness to what I thought was that we were all physically okay. As I look back though it was far more than that. It was the endings and looking towards the light of new beginnings for which I am most grateful. This and many activities in life have led me to trust God who has and will lead or carry me through those difficult situations. Today I thank God for giving me those difficult times to strengthen my feelings of gratitude, trust, peace, and joy.

Prayer: Dear God, thank you for my times of endings and beginnings. Remind me that there is a time for every season and activity and that although it can be hard, I know that You will be there to walk with me or carry me to see Your light of grace and compassion. Amen.

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