Editors Note: Jeff and Sarah Walton are local authors and we asked them to share this guest post to encourage marriages to look beyond our immediate circumstances and trust in God through this storm we are all facing. Their latest book, “Together through the Storms” releases tomorrow, May 1st. In the book, they give testament to the goodness of God, even in the midst of unrelenting trials.
We watched through the window as news cameras swarmed and helicopters hovered above our children’s school. What in the world could be going on?!
Then the email hit our inbox: “Two families in school have been asked to quarantine themselves because of possible exposure to COVID-19.” Out of all of Illinois, our hospital, our town, and our school were one of the first to make the news.
What we thought would quickly blow over has now turned into weeks of enforced quarantine, changed vacation plans, a sudden stop to my husband’s job search while we go without income, and homeschooling our four children for the foreseeable future.
It didn’t take long for the pressure, anxieties, and fears to arise within our marriage. How will we manage if companies cease hiring? Will we have
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