As I put away my Easter lawn flag and browsed through my replacement stack, I was excited to locate my bright pink "Stay Calm and Fight On" breast cancer encouragement flag. With our sheltering confusion, emotional ups and downs and irritability, this flag seemed perfect for a "time such as this". I wanted to convey a message of hope and motivation to my neighbors. It flew strong for 10 days...but a loose string caught on my flag stand. The winds of April added to the unraveling and soon, the flag simply deteriorated into flapping strings that wound tightly around the black stand.It was depressing. A flag of hope diminished to nothing. It seemed so much like the Covid 19 situation that we are currently in. There were waves of hope and Good News stories at first. People were hunkered down, ready to beat this and stay put amidst the onslaught; but the strong winds of challenge, disagreement, anger, and resentment blew. All of the good intentions turned to complaints and impatience. Our hope unfurled just like my flag...many did not want to "stay calm and fight on".
Though my flag is on the junk heap, my inward heart is still beating with hope that as we stay the course, God will walk with us and bring stamina and strength for the battle. He has done it many times before. He will do it again...He has a great track record.
A new flag will be found. A new wave of inspiration will begin.
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