Hope with hindsight
Andy Palmer, senior pastor at Christ Church Balham, on how God made a way to bring hope to the local community when the rest of the world was shutting down
Being asked to recall and reflect on the events of the Covid pandemic and the various resulting lockdowns might feel like a painful exercise in mental archeology. Aren’t these memories best left buried underground? you may wonder. I know my wife would much rather forget the trauma of being confined to our house while nominally homeschooling our various small children! However, there is great value in remembering the painful past because often it is only with hindsight that we can see God’s various providential kindnesses.
For example, in Psalm 77, Asaph sings with brutal honesty about his experience of suffering and sleepless nights. But by the end of the song, he finds comfort in recollecting how God rescued...
Provision in captivity
Looking back now, I see the Lord’s hand in providing for us in that first lockdown. A few months before it was announced, a young man called Sean joined our church who happened to have all the...
