By Pastor Brian
As in all Star Wars movies, there’s a point in The Force Awakens when things aren’t looking good—when you begin to wonder if maybe this is the one time that the good guys aren’t going to win. When we came to that point while watching the movie as a family, my then 8 year-old son said, “I know there’s always a happy ending but I’m not sure how this is going to end.” I’ve thought about his words a lot this week.
We’re living in the middle of a week that the US Surgeon General predicted would be the “hardest and saddest” of “most Americans’ lives.” He said it would be “our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment.” And while the expected number of lives lost may be less than initially predicted, the actual number of deaths is still staggering. Many people continue to lose their jobs. Record numbers of Americans are filing for unemployment. The cumulative effect of social distancing, disrupted lives, and the uncertainty as to when this will end is taking its toll. I’m sad, and I’m tired. And my guess is you’re feeling that way too.
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