It has been one year since Covid-19 had been made a pandemic by the CDC and WHO. One year ago today, March 12, my school made the announcement that we would be staying home for an additional week after Spring Break and we would be having class online that week. Little did we really know that when we left that next day, we would not be coming back. I remember seeing people in the Triangle through the windows of OSL talking to their friends, crying, hugging, and looing around as if it were the last time they would see it all again. I was not the only one to see this, nor were they the only ones feeling that way. I tried to keep a positive outlook as my word for the year 2020 was Optimism (I know, a heck of a year for that word). The next day, Friday, March 13, my school all came together to sing at what would be our very last corporate worship. We sang about God's goodness and how no matter what, he has been so so good. The song that broke me was "Goodness of God" by Bethel Music and Jenn Johnson. When we sang this song, I broke down and wept at what I was about to lose. I cried out to God to not let it happen and for me to do what he had called me to do with Service Day and the other things that I was to do the remainder of that semester! I sat in my seat shaking due to my uncontrollable tears. I began the mourning process as I sang this song through broken breaths. I did this until we got towards the end of the song and then I was convicted to trust God throughout the process of disaster that I and my friends and family were about to face. The bridge, as shown below, hit hard and I was able to surrender whatever happened to God.
This did not mean that I was not to mourn for what I was about to lose, but that I knew that God had it under control. As I waited for everything to be cancelled, I worked faithfully until I got the call from my boss telling me that it had to be cancelled. When that news came, I had almost two days to cancel the 32 projects I had organized, and when I thought it was over, it got worse. You see, for my project we would have had to extend online learning for two more weeks than originally planned, which we did. However, as my boss and I were canceling projects, we got an email from Student Life saying that we will not be returning back to the campus but instead will be pivoting indefinitely to online learning for the rest of the semester.
After being home since the middle of March to the beginning of August, it was so different to be back on a college campus in person. My senior year has had its rides and stops, its ups and downs, but most importantly it has had my God right beside me through it all. I have had to make some tough decisions this year for myself. I have had to grow and make choices that will effect my future. I have made great additions to my life, including my wonderful girlfriend, that help me grow closer to Christ everyday.
It has been one year since the entire world changed. Now that we have a light at the end of the tunnel, how long will it be until it is broken again? Are you ready for it to be broken again? What brought you through 2020? Was it Jesus? Will it ever be Jesus? God bless you all! Let us not be weary for another closing but be hopeful towards the open arms of Jesus!
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