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Who knew it was such an exhausting commute from the • coffee pot in the kitchen to my office in the upstairs bonus room? Just 16 steps. Each way. I counted. It’s one of the quirky things you do on Day 89 of quarantine. It’s got to be the commute. How else can I account for • feeling so drained at the end of each day? “It’s a pandemic!” I remind myself, because no one else is • the office to give me perspective, except the cat, who refuses to social distance. • “Of course, you’re tired.” • • Jayne Hugo Davis CHC Coach, Consultant, and Co-coordinator for CHC-Carolinas

We’re three months into this season of COVID-19 and too • often we underestimate the mental and spiritual toll it is taking. Particularly if we haven’t been hard hit personally by economic losses or the illness or death of loved ones, it is easy to question ourselves and our lack of energy or creativity or joy, wondering what we’ve done all day that could possibly bring on this consistent sense of fatigue, with an underlying hint of despair. • Jayne Hugo Davis CHC Coach, Consultant, and Co-coordinator for CHC-Carolinas

A wise minister once told me that grief is • cumulative. When one loss or crisis follows another, the grief of the first one doesn’t end and the next one begin. They layer on top of one another. They are heavier, together. • • Jayne Hugo Davis CHC Coach, Consultant, and Co-coordinator for CHC-Carolinas

They layer on top of one another. They are heavier, • together. The layers are many these days. This pandemic has brought steep technology learning curves, fewer hugs for encouragement, growing physical and financial fears and more questions than answers. Racial injustice and pain have risen to the forefront of our local and national conversations, including our churches and our dinner tables. And dare we say it… it’s an election year. One can’t begin to imagine the kind • of rhetoric that awaits us in the months ahead. • • Jayne Hugo Davis CHC Coach, Consultant, and Co-coordinator for CHC-Carolinas •

These are hard, emotional days layered on top of families • working, schooling and doing all of life together in close quarters. Many an important call is being taken in the bathroom because it’s the only place to find some privacy and Rummikub, Catan and binge-watching Netflix are quickly losing their cathartic appeal. • It is exhausting. • • Jayne Hugo Davis CHC Coach, Consultant, and Co-coordinator for CHC-Carolinas •

We thought a pandemic might put us all on the same team • for a while, fighting a common invisible enemy; instead we’re walking a tightrope, trying to find balance between loving our neighbor and gathering for worship, between wearing face masks and economic recovery; trying to find balance on the scales of social justice and in our public discourse. Trying to find balance in our own spirit. • Of course, you’re tired. • • Jayne Hugo Davis CHC Coach, Consultant, and Co-coordinator for CHC-Carolinas

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Psalm 23:1-3 1 The L ORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.

Psalm 23:4 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 23:5-6 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the L ORD forever.

Psalm 23:1-3 1 The L ORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.

John 10:11-13 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

John 10:14-16 14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

John 10:17-18 17 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”

Matthew 9:36 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Psalm 23:1-3 1 The L ORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.

John 10:11-13 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

Matthew 7:9-11 9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

Psalm 23:1-3 1 The L ORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.

Psalm 23:1-3 1 The L ORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.

Psalm 23:4 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 23:5-6 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the L ORD forever.

Gospel Application • Which of the following do you most need? • God to be my shepherd • Remember I lack nothing • To lie down by quiet waters • God to be my source of refreshment • To rely on God as my guide • Remember God’s lavish love for me • Remember that God is always with me