The other day I was standing in my kitchen and noticed my calendar was still set to December 2019. I just had to laugh—it was a sort of visible manifestation of 2020. I don’t know what you had expected 2020 to be like or what your plans for 2020 were … but chances are, the year has been quite different from anything you anticipated.
Later that day, I overheard someone comment that we should all just forget 2020 happened. Once December 31 rolls around, we can make a pact to just ignore the last year.
I disagree. And it kind of made me want to go get a 2020 calendar to hang on my wall. Because 2020 has been given to us. Regardless of whether it is what we wanted, it’s here. And it’s a gift.
To ignore the days we’ve been given—even if they’ve been a dumpster fire – is to ignore the opportunities God has given us for holiness. Each day we wake up, regardless of what awaits us, is a new opportunity for grace, for conversion, and for mission. What will you do with what you’ve been given today? Maybe you’ll be given an unexpected cross. Or maybe you’ll be given an unexpected joy. Both can be used to further God’s plan in your life. Both can bring you to holiness.
