Paul and Social Distancing
I sit here in a hospital room, been here for over a week now. I can text people and I know this whole thing is hard for all of us. I can have zero visitors and I know everyone else is locked down at the same time. I hear from people how hard it is to be trapped in a house all day. Yet, God is using this time in our lives. Is it drawing you closer to Him or are you thinking about yourself, how lonely, isolated or bored you are? Do you think, I dont know how much longer I can go on? Well look at Paul’s life and time in prison. Now he was not isolated for all of this time, some times he had friends. But he was still limited in his movement. In total Paul likely spent 5 to 6 years in prison. God was teaching Paul and us to lean on Him. Think of Paul and the years he spent in prison. We read the Bible and read where he was a prisoner but do we stop to think what that means? To us it’s just a few words in a story to him it was years of his life. Now look at how Paul responded. Do we respond the same way. With Prayer and singing of songs? Do we have a heart of praise?
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Acts 16:25 NIV
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