I Don't Want to Be Afraid

Well, now it is August 22 of the year 2021. We are living through a pandemic. Life has been interesting. Tomorrow my kids return to school after staying home to learn virtually since spring break almost a year and a half ago. Wow. Just typing that sentence seems unreal, yet it is true. Tomorrow, Lila starts her sophmore year, Emily right behind her as a freshman, and Abigail brings up the rear in fourth grade. I think we are all a little anxious tonight. It's been a while and the world is still very different from when we left for Spring Break in 2020. We are currently in another covid surge so the kids are returning under a temporary mask mandate. Lila and Emily have both been vaccinated, but it is not yet available for children under the age of twelve. School is a finicky thing in the best of times for a child with severe food allergies and EoE.. I don't yet know how covid will complicate matters. But I know that I don't want to fear the circumstances and not allow the good that God will work into this situation. He goes before us, He stands beside us, and He always has our back. There are many unknowns for the upcoming school year but what I know for sure is that He is for us and He is with us. I don't want to be afraid, so onward we trudge. In the morning, I will smile through my unease. I will send my kids off with reassurances and speak their name in prayer until they return to me at the end of the school day. It's okay to be nervous, and if a few tears fall - that's okay as well. We will cry but do the thing anyway. God's promises are true. He is faithful and will see us through the storm. "God is within her, she will not fall." Psalm 46:5