Have you noticed how defensive people have become lately? You can see it everywhere. Not only has the crime rate risen during this time, but births have decreased when you’d think this time of isolation would only create more new life. I personally have felt the world closing in at times – kind of like being trapped in an elevator or locked in a room all by yourself with no way out. I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way. We’ve been like caged animals for more than a year.
Everyone seems more than a little on edge. Communicating electronically has gotten old for many. E-mails often become so convoluted you can’t begin to understand them. Folks are shaming folks for not getting vaccinated or not wearing a mask, or not going to church. The idea of caring for each other physically, spiritually and emotionally has taken a back seat to our own desires and needs. We’ve become hypersensitive also. Words that were used before, now have a negative connotation. We therefore must be extremely careful in what we say and write. People are disregarding the law on the roads as they kick the speedometer up to 70 mph or more. Folks seem more focused on themselves making those around them invisible.
We’ve also been expected to be tolerant of things that we may disagree with. It’s almost like we’re being reinvented by our circumstances. We’ve experienced mandates that change on a weekly basis. Confusion reigns at times. Some might call that adaptation. I’m convinced that it’s all a matter of creating fear and hopelessness in our communities. Further division will only come of it.
Dear, God, You know the perils we experience day in and day out. You are with us through these dangerous times. You know the reasons for what’s going on and you have already mapped out the solutions. I place my trust in you to fix our world, but I also believe it’s up to us to take the first steps – reaching out to help each other – building and encouraging those who are troubled – giving the gift of the Gospel to those who will listen – praying – focusing on the good things that have come from the pandemic. You are our Deliverer, our Mighty Fortress, our King and God. You will show us the way. I praise you and ask that you keep us all safe. Amen!
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Thanks for this post – I Concur – what we have I feel, is the need to seek God all the more – we need his answers!
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Absolutely. He’s extending his arm to us. All we need do is grab it❤️
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This post will resonate with many. I totally agree. I’m hanging on to God through it all! 💛💜❤️ thank you for your testimony and words, always.
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Clinging to our God is the only answer. There’s so much anger out there. This should be a time of unity.
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It’s so sad. I wrote in my journal about it. 9/11 was supposed to bring us together. And for your generation, prior wars and tough times (the Depression for instance). Now we have everything at our fingertips and it’s not good enough. So we become angrier and declare we all have rights. I do love living where I live as it is a friendlier area. But I do long for mountains and the only peace I have is God and family. Well, I guess that’s all anyone needs.
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Karla you have a wonderfully positive attitude. Having God and family is all we need and even when we don’t have family, God will be there.
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Thank you, Kathy. I sure try. I feel the same of you. Please take care~both of you! 💜❤️🙏🏻
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Seriously it’s a very critical situation of now days
many of us getting grab under the arm of covid
It’s a time to live with full precaution
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Life and death stress creates tension. The most tense unbelievers need Christ more than ever. May they accept Him, now and forever.
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I pray that this is the one real thing that comes out of our time in isolation. This disease has been deadly in more ways than one. It’s choking us emotionally and driving a wedge between us and others each day. We will get through it with God’s divine plan for our lives. We can be confident that He will never leave us.
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I keep reading road signs in front if schools, churches and businesses imploring people to be kind— thus we know we have problems
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Amen! When we walk with the Lord, our faithful witness will shine His light ahead of our path. Just maybe, others will see . . . and follow.
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