Proverbs 6:6-8 Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise. Without having any chief or officer or ruler, it prepares its food in summer, and gathers its sustenance in harvest.
“When people get scared, they come to church,” the custodian offered, as I wondered how long the significant increase in Sunday attendance would last after a recent disaster. “They’ll come until they don’t feel scared.”
People look for comfort when they are scared on a global, local, or personal level. For those who have no regular spiritual home, they may seek holy spaces to be comforted, or to hear words of lament and hope, or to share grief.
Like the ants in the proverb, the faithful support holy spaces with their presence and prayers. When the chilling times come and wounded souls need a place of refuge, the holy space is ready for them—whoever may come.
Take time today to give thanks for those who sustain holy places for the sanctuary of all in need.
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