Coronavirus Archives

A Prayer When Worry Takes Your Breath away

by Nan Jones | Apr 19, 2020 | beyond the veil, bible devotions online, Coronavirus, depression, Finding God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker, peace, prayer | 1 |

Lord, I need Your peace — YOU are my peace. Please make Your presence known to me. In Your presence is unspeakable joy, resounding peace, and my worry melts away. In Your presence I am safe and secure — I am held by Your warm embrace and I can rest.

What a mighty God You are! You hung the stars in place. You tell the ocean how far it can come and on each new day, You make the sun burst through the darkness. What amazes me the most about You, though, is that when I am troubled and overcome by worry, You know and You respond.

When Fear is Hammering Your Heart, Put Your Hope in God

by Nan Jones | Apr 8, 2020 | beyond the veil, bible devotions online, Coronavirus, Nan Jones author and speaker | 2 |

Sirens began their eerie scream as the sky turned dark and the clouds began to undulate in the currents of the wind. Kids hurried home from the apartment playground while worried mommas called their names, fear hammering our hearts.

I grabbed our upstairs neighbor — another seminary student — and convinced her to stay with us until the tornado passed.

Overcoming the Fear that Stirred Within Me

by Nan Jones | Apr 1, 2020 | beyond the veil, bible devotions online, Coronavirus, dementia, Finding God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker | 2 |

It was a brisk morning. The fire crackled beside me overcoming the chill in our home. The Word of God lay open on my lap overcoming the fear that stirred within me.

In our living room my husband blared the television with its insistent updates on the coronavirus pandemic — a necessary part of our lives these days, but a fear producer as well. With David’s dementia, the pandemic has created enormous amounts of paranoia in his mind which has caused a very decipherable decline in his mental condition over the past few weeks.

When God Met Me on Barren Branches Ripe for Spring

by Nan Jones | Mar 25, 2020 | beyond the veil, bible devotions online, Coronavirus, Finding God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker | 1 |

I slid the dish into the warm sudsy water, but my mind was a million miles away — certainly not on the breakfast dishes. Peering out the window over the kitchen sink, I noticed two sparrows perched on a long extended tendril of the grapevine that had stretched itself into the apple tree and wound itself through the barren branches ripe for spring.

The birds appeared to be so peaceful. Calm. Content.