STAY SAFE: COVID-19
More inspiring stories of hope to help us through these challenging times.
On Easter Sunday this year, I woke up with a sense of what families must be feeling during the quarantine. I took my guitar and walked the streets of our town, singing gospel songs and presenting the Easter message of hope. Windows opened and people asked to hear a song. As I sang in front of an apartment building, applause came from several windows. Four-yearold triplets (girls) appeared in a window and I sang “Jesus Loves Me” to them. I saw smiles and hope as I told them about what happened on Easter Sunday many, many years ago.
I have gone back out to stroll the streets every Sunday since, along with my wife, Theresa. Those sweet little girls still wait in the window for us to arrive. Some people out on their steps tell us it has meant so much to them. We stopped and I sang “Amazing Grace” at the end of the driveway of a lady who is under palliative care at home. What must it be like to be told you are going to die and no one can come to visit and you cannot go out to visit anyone?
Before the virus, we all were so busy we did not have time for others. This has all changed. We are now beginning to see that we cannot live alone and were not meant to be alone. “Love thy neighbour as thyself ” is beginning to take on a new reality.
When we finish our Sunday morning street visitations, Theresa and I look across the street and watch a restaurant owner feeding people a great meal at no charge. This man has fed thousands of people in the time our town has been shut down. Thank you, sir!
Theresa is part of a team of ladies making masks for people at no cost. They just finished an order for 2,000 masks.
We are all a stone’s throw from someone who is in need of help and encouragement. If each one of us uses our talents, resources and skills to minister to just one person, “Love thy neighbour as thyself” would become a reality.