"Nonna, stai bene?" Valentina applied compress on her grand mother's fore head, her eyes filled with worry.
"Carina.." Martina cooed, a weak smile playing across her face. Valentina couldn't help but wonder how she had aged so quickly in ten days. She'd always admired that her grandmother had the gift of youth with a small frame and a glowing porcelain skin except her ivory curls and the depth of her emerald eyes that gave her away. But now, looking at her she couldn't help the chill of fear that gripped her heart as she watched life gradually slip from her.
Could it really be true?
Was this plague really real?
"Calma bella. It's going to be OK." Martina coughed breaking into her granddaughter's thoughts, almost reading her mind. Valentina was strong willed, always wanting to figure everything and everyone out just like her grandfather Luca. It was no wonder she became a laboratory scientist. But science couldn't fix everything. At least this period had proved that.
"OK?" Valentina adjusted her face mask, her eyes mirroring confusion. "Come, nonna? the plague has taken down half of our community here in Lombardy. Milan is almost like a cemetry. And y... you're already showing the signs." her voice cracked.
"Si. I might as well be dying carina but ascoltami, there is something I have that even this sickness or the chaos in this world can't take away. Something your science can't explain or give."
"Peace. Vale.. after losing your grandfather and your mother in that horrible accident, I thought my life was over. I've never told you this before but I sought escape in alcohol because I wanted to be angry at God and spite him for watching my family die after loving him for so many years. But I realized eventually that Life is fleeting and it's a fallen world but despite it all God is good. In this world i will face tribulation and hard times but Jesus has already overcome and that gives me Peace." She coughed and continued, "Does this mean i didn't hurt or feel pain or confused? No. I cried myself to sleep many nights but I knew He was there with me. Does it mean I didn't have questions and my anxious heart refused to be still? No, but when I laid everything at his feet I realized that what I needed wasn't answers but His peace and a change in perspective of the situation and a revelation of who He was."
"Nonna, è difficile....non posso.." Valentina looked away, her eyes pooling.
"You can. Only believe and choose Peace. My hope is not in the government or in science or that the world might be better or change. These as we have seen are all but sinking sand. My hope is in Christ and Christ alone. He is my solid rock, and carina, if I die this moment I believe with all of my heart I will meet my Prince of Peace again."
Beloved, today I need you to see yourself the way God sees you. I need you to see your life the way he sees it: safe in His hand, totally untouchable, upheld by His right hand. He is the God whose power has no limitations. This God is our Father. He is the one we claim as Lord, as Maker, as Keeper. So today and forever, you need to allow Him teach you to calm down and stay still even in the midst of these turbulent storms. Jesus indeed told us there would be a lot of things that would go on in this world that would test us, what we believe and stand for; who we believe and stand for. In all these one thing is sure: we are the ones who have overcome in Him who has existed long before the world began. Let these scriptures keep you: Philippians 4:6-7, Psalm 46, Isaiah 26:3-4.
Finally dear one, Know that Jesus gives peace. Don’t trade his peace for fear!
GO ACHIEVE
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Translations
pace perfetta-perfect peace
Nonna-Grand mother
stai bene-are you OK
Come-How?
Carina- dear
Calma- be calm
Si- Yes
Ascoltami-listen to me
è difficile- it's hard
non posso- i can't
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