​Following along the same vein as last week’s song, today we’re going to focus on a beautiful story song that will rouse our hearts to worship our great Creator and Savior.

​A new week and a new day to celebrate what God has done in our lives.  While it may seem like everything in life has hit pause, God is working in us to shape and refine us.  If anything, He’s doing more work in each of our hearts during this season because we have time to focus on Him.  So don’t be afraid of the extra quiet.  Don’t resent the refining moments as you share close proximity with those you’re sheltering in place with.  Don’t tune out the still, small voice of God as He whispers truth and correction into your heart.  Embrace it, and use this time to grow in the Lord.  

​While many things may seem to be falling apart and on hold, the Church has been growing during this global pandemic in ways that haven’t been seen in years.  While it may seem like the Church is closed since the buildings are mostly empty, God is working through His Church in mighty ways.  As the people of God lean into the Spirit of God and shine brightly during this season, many are coming to the truth.  The Lord is working and moving through His Church, and the gospel is spreading during this time of crisis.  In light of all this, it is appropriate that our worship song for today focuses on the history and purpose of the Body of Christ.

​Welcome to a new month!  May is officially a month of new life and new growth.  Trees are blossoming, flowers are blooming, gardens are being planted, and sunshine basks the landscape.  Birds sing their songs of praise to God and fly about looking for food and fun, while butterflies flutter on the gentle breezes.  It’s a time of freshness and new beginnings.  While for many of us this is a different spring than we could ever have imagined, it can be a season of new beginnings for us too.  This month, we will continue to lift our eyes off our situations and circumstances and fix them on our precious Lord and Savior—the One who knows and holds the future, and the One who sees and knows exactly what we’re going through.  

​During this season of COVID-19, worship has been a big part of keeping believers united and focused on the main thing:  Jesus Christ.  From this extra focus on music, there has arisen several anthems for the Church.  Songs that are resonating deeply in the hearts of people across the country and around the world.  One such song is “Way Maker” which we covered at the beginning of this month.  Now, I want to focus on another song that has become a coronavirus anthem during these days.

We’re living in unprecedented times.  This phrase has been a buzz phrase over the past few months as the world tries to wrap its head around what is happening with COVID-19.  We have never lived through something like this before.  Governments have never enacted such broad, economically devastating policies before.  The world as we know it has shifted like the earth’s tectonic plates.  The novel coronavirus has rocked our world and the aftershocks will be felt for a while.  The media even uses earthquake language as it conveys updates on what the national and global epicenters for COVID-19 are. 

​I hope you all had a blessed Resurrection Sunday!  As we continue to remember and celebrate the finished work of the cross, I have a newish song to share with you.  “He Lives” by Church of the City was released in January of this year.  It’s a powerful anthem celebrating the risen Lord.  Therefore, it’s the perfect one to focus on post-Easter.

​We are half way through Passion Week.  It has been a different Easter season with so many things canceled and closed.  However, if anything, we have more time and space to remember, ponder, and reflect on Jesus’ sacrifice.  We are just two short days away from observing Good Friday and all that took place on that day over two thousand years ago.  Tomorrow is Maundy Thursday, when different churches remember the Lord’s last supper with His disciples, the final instructions He gave them, and then His struggle in the garden of Gethsemane where He fully submitted His will to the Father’s.  

​April 1st.  April Fool’s Day.  But today is no joke.  Today is the beginning of the month leading to Easter.  Today in the midst of the panic that has gripped our world, we’re going to forget the crazy, forget the stress, forget the unknowns, and choose to worship and remember all that this season represents for us as believers in the Risen Lord.  So take a moment to find a quiet space and reflect on all that Jesus has done for you and what your response to that gift will be.

​Right now it feels like our world is unraveling.  Broad orders and changes to our everyday lives are taking place within 24 hour periods, and life seems to be on hold in many ways.  But in the midst of the chaos, in the midst of the uncertainty and fear, we can know one thing is certain:  God doesn’t change.  His faithfulness remains and will continue in the midst of this storm.  And if we walk with Him, we know that the best is yet to come.