Uncertainty does not have to mean hopelessness
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: By the Rev David Macartney
The new year started quietly for most people, as with restrictions around the country no-one could really celebrate Hogmanay in the usual way. The bells not only marked the end of 2020 but, as Brexit became a reality, it also marked the end of our citizenship in the European Union.
Everything will change internationally, and yet locally we will only see the impact as time marches on. All we have right now are the usual conflicting statements from social media.
As we move into 2021 we still live with uncertainty and fear, but that is nothing new.
Throughout Biblical history just about everybody who was anybody has had moments when they just had no clue what to do next.
Life is uncertain, it takes us down paths we never saw ourselves taking, and sometimes the only thing we can do is scream into the ether and just keep swimming!

Uncertainty does not have to equal hopelessness, though.
Often it is when we are most lost that we finally stop relying on the world around us to provide us with answers, and we ask God for help. And it has been my experience that, when we do, we always get an answer. That answer may not be what we were hoping for; it may even come from an unlikely source. But God will never leave us nor forsake us. God offers to be our refuge and our strength in times of trouble.
Eventually we always find our way.