Coddiwomple

 

Coddiwomple

 

A recent Internet post pictured two monkeys talking. One said, “we can have gatherings up to eight people without issues.” The other money responded, “I don’t know eight people without issues.” The problem with a pandemic is that it exposes our insecurities and fears. Like the monkey points out we all have issues. Something nobody wants out in the open.

 

That’s why the word coddiwomple caught my eye when a friend posted the word on social media. It is an English slang word that means to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination. As we approach the one year mark of the pandemic that word captures the journey. A journey that started out with a bang: symptoms, deaths, politics and few answers. Not knowing where it would take us, we have been on a pilgrimage few have experienced before. Even now with infection numbers decreasing and vaccinations increasing, when will the journey end?

 

I don’t like it when I don’t know the when, where, what and how. I function much better with the certainties of life. As if I had those answers pre-pandemic. This wake up call has taken all by surprise. My sense is that when it is all said and done, the new normal will be quite different than the one we left behind.

 

I keep going back to these words from the Bible: “Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try and figure out everything on your own. Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track.”

 

Don’t let your coddiwomple distract you from God’s purpose for your life.