“Make meaningful connections, listen more …”, is the first of the five strategies suggested by researchers that will help us not to let winter get us down.

The second mentioned is, “Give of your time, and do something nice for a friend or a stranger.” (The Northland Age, Tuesday, May 21, 2019)

We are encouraged to find new ways to connect at home.

We are encouraged to find new ways to connect at work.

We are encouraged to find new ways to connect at school.

We are encouraged to find new ways to connect in our community.

Let me add one more connection.

This connection is not only meaningful, but essential. That is the connection with our creator and in order to connect with God we don’t need to find new ways, we find the way in the Bible. Listen to what we read in the Bible and get connected to God through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Why? Because our connection was interrupted in the Garden of Eden.