My devo today is going to be incredibly simple: a list of good things that you can do

during quarantine to give life to people whom you love and bring life to yourself.

 

1. Text someone and tell them that you love them dearly.

2. Call someone you haven’t spoken to in a while.

3. Play a board game with family.

4. Ask your parents how they met.

5. Read a book of the Bible that you haven’t read before, or in a while.

6. Pray for someone. Either over the phone or without them knowing. Intercede on their

behalf.

7. Journal. Write down thoughts and feelings. Capture ideas and thoughts.

8. Read a book you loved when you were a kid. Magic Tree House? Anyone?

9. Cook a meal for your family.

10. Do something around the house that has to be done without being asked.

11. Tell your parents that you love them

12. Sit down and spend time with family

13. Go for a walk outside, be quiet, spend time in silence in nature.

14. Write a short story. If you don’t know what to write about, ask a friend for an opening

sentence, or a theme, or a word and just write what comes to mind. You don’t have to

write your own American classic, but writing opens up the mind.

15. Pray. Tell God what you’re afraid of, what you don’t know if you can handle, what is

grieving you. Pray for the fruits of the spirit.

16. Ask God to show you what he is doing in the midst of the crisis. Often we can lose sight

of the fact that God is still working miracles during hard times, but God loves to show

off, ask him and he will show you.

17. Seek the Heart of God, not so you may become a better person or a better Christian, but so

that you may know more intimately the God who loves you.

18. Cook a meal for your family.

19. Turn off your phone for a few hours, put it in a drawer, disconnect.

20. Call friends and ask them how they’re doing. A phone call can mean a ton to someone. It

shows that you care.

21. Start a project with a family member, paint with your mom, plan a trip with your sister,

do a puzzle with your dad, start a workout plan with your brother.

22. Find productive things to do. Being productive and accomplishing things is very good for

mental health. Make your bed, take a shower, walk the dogs, eat a healthy lunch, get

some homework done.

23. Reorganize your room or some other space in the house.

24. Look at photos from when you were young. Do it with your whole family

25. Let up the blinds, let some sunlight in when it is beautiful out, open up windows, let in

some fresh air to the house.

26. Drink water

27. Put on fresh clothes

28. Do laundry

29. Play with pets

30. Always remember that after every storm comes a rainbow.

 

All of these things can bring life, but you don’t have to do all of them. Pick and choose.