Good Will Come Out of This
Good Will Come Out of This
by Tanner Olson
I’m up early listening to Death Cab for Cutie and drinking black coffee at the kitchen table.
We are in the middle... or beginning... or end... of a pandemic.
Not many words can cut as quickly as the word “pandemic” these days.
I’ve only left the house to go to the grocery store and to take packages to the Post Office.
When I leave the house, I have to wear a mask.
I’ve worn masks in the past.
I’ve tried to disguise myself as someone I’m not.
In contrast, this mask-wearing season has been painfully revealing.
My selfishness is shining through.
My fears have been amplified.
My security has been attacked and disarmed.
My wandering mind has taken twists and turns I never imagined it could.
And in the midst of this Pandemic, we celebrated Holy Week.
Maybe this is the perfect time to reflect again on the beauty of hope meeting pain in the dark.
Wine poured.
Bread broken.
Feet washed.
Cheek kissed.
Love insulted.
Body beaten.
Hands pierced.
Truth spoken.
Life ceased.
Side stabbed.
Lives shattered.
Curtain ripped.
Tomb filled.
Minds flooded.
Hearts broken.
Souls startled.
Silence settled.
Tomb emptied.
Hope revealed.
Jesus is captured alive and put to a shameful death, only to return with new breath.
The story doesn’t end with silence.
The story doesn’t end with darkness.
The story doesn’t end when we think it’s over.
And maybe there is something in this for us today.
Maybe.
Maybe Holy Week has reminded us that this can also be a Holy time.
Maybe we will begin to see that a time of darkness and silence and wondering is met with new life.
Maybe when we read about how Jesus washed the disciples’ feet, we will see there is no dirt or shame or sin He won’t wash clean.
And maybe we can begin to reveal the things that need to heal or leave behind the things that are plaguing our minds.
And maybe we can join together in the silence and shout the truth.
And maybe we will begin to see good will come out of this.
Let our whispers turn from
“It isn’t supposed to be this way.”
To
“Good will come out of this.”
Good will come out of this.
What was meant for our harm, God will use for good.
I believe, help my unbelief. Good will come out of this.
With hope,
Tanner Olson
Written to Speak
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