One year since the UK went into Lockdown

It has been a year since England first went into lockdown due to to covid-19. What a year it has been!

It has become very apparent that we all need each other. Isolation has done nothing for our mental health and has particularly effected children and young people, and those who were already in danger of toppling over the edge. We have all needed a helping hand but reaching out is never easy, especially if you are struggling. That’s why community is important.

The world has had to slow down and rethink its steps, no bad thing. We have had to think about the things that are important to us. Priorities have changed. So, what has changed for you? When we eventually come out of this pandemic the world will be a much different place. How could we, or it, remain the same? 

In my own spiritual walk I have become more contemplative. Please don’t give me lots of words to inwardly digest but hit me with the simplicity of one thought to ponder. Give me a camera, or a piece of paper and a pen, or some paints, and let me loose in the garden of the Almighty. Let me ‘be’ with God. The doing will come later but for now I sit at my Saviours feet and wait a while. Will you come and join me? Will you take the Father’s outstretched hand and place yours in his?