Walking With The Lord In Times Of Isolation
Its been a year. A year since the Covid-19 Lockdowns hit. A year since almost Normal got lost in a panic to keep millions from dying around the world. Covid has impacted everything. EVERYTHING. Shopping, driving, socializing, church, family, school, traffic, work. A year ago, the dream for some was to work from home. Today, the nightmare for some is to work from home another day. Isolation has led to suicide/depression/lonlieness the likes of which our world has never known. So where does the Body of Christ at work fit into all of this. How does our faith impact our work when our work is intertwined with schooling and other homebound complications? Throw into that mix a week of temperatures that broke a ton of modern low temperature records where our home, which has been our safe haven, has now been destroyed by broken water pipes and flooding. The world is in chaos and peace is hard to find. Where does God fit into all these questions? Lets ask Tony Dale. Founder of Sedera Health and The Karis Group out of Austin Texas. Tony has a unique perspective to share with us today.
Tony and Felicity Dale live in Texas. Texas had a rough time recently with all of the unusually cold weather. We asked Tony to talk about the adversity and the challenges from Covid-19 and the Deep Freeze on them personally and his companies. After explaining that he had run out of gas to heat his home and cook, lots of cancelled meetings, etc. he truly felt blessed. When asked to explain, he sweetly said well Felicity and I have spent a lot of time together this past year and let’s just say – “cold weather leads to warm fellowship!”. Now there’s a great perspective for us all to consider. Seriously, Tony acknowledged that many people have had worse conditions than they did, but he knows that the kinds of issues they experienced are far less severe than most of the world.
Tony’s company has experienced a 50% increase in size this past year. In fact, he said many new team members have never even seen the office space for the company as they were onboarded virtually. He acknowledged that his team has determined to not let anyone be left out.
Isolation has become a real problem around the globe during the pandemic. Tony reminded us that Jesus asked God to help him only do what the Father asked of him. We are to let every part of our life be led by Him.
Jeremiah spent time in the well. Joseph spent time in prison. We can make Godly use of our time. The truth is, even this interview is church. We are having church when 2-3 gather in His name. Tony has a new book that will be released this year, instead of what is wrong with health care, he takes the opposite approach. Stay tuned for more as we get closer to the release of that book. As always, we are grateful for time with Tony Dale and appreciate his insight for our lives.
Featured Guests: Tony Dale
Ministry/Workplace: Sedera Health & The Karis Group