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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
• ften 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
• f 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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1 The LORD 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

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 23:4

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 LORD forever.

Psalm 23:5-6

1 The LORD 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

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 10:11-13

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 10:14-16

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.”

John 10:17-18

36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on

them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 9:36

1 The LORD 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

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 10:11-13

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!

Matthew 7:9-11

1 The LORD 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 LORD 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

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 23:4

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 LORD forever.

Psalm 23:5-6

• 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

Gospel Application