Although the COVID bug is nothing to sneeze at, it is becoming clearer and clearer that it is not as deadly as first predicted. This video from Youtube is the first indicator that I saw, which reveals that the bug is far more prevalent in society than we knew and that it has a similar mortality as the common flu:
Thank God for that! I mean, if you listen to the hot mic incident, it is stated that the mortality is between .1 and .3 percent. Which makes this disease a mere variation of the flu. Not the deadly plague that was originally prophesied.
So, we can breathe more easily. With all due respect to all those who lost loved ones during this time, there were some positive aspects of our human response to this emergency.
THE FEAR OF GOD
As Scripture says, "the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom". And many people began to think of their eternal resting place during this pandemic. Their personal mortality and frailty was on full display and as a result, many turned to God for help. Some people whom I've never heard to invoke God before, suddenly were praying. I consider this a good thing. I pray that the grace of God remains with them after the fear for their lives, is gone. Hopefully, we will again see packed houses when we are permitted to return to the Mass.
PRAYER AT HOME
Relatedly, I have heard that people are praying, lighting blessed candles and using holy water and oil, at home. I pray that these customs persist long after the pandemic is relegated to the footnotes of history.
HOMESCHOOLING
People have been forced to homeschool their children. And, although there are some videos humourously panning the practice:
I have heard from a friend who spoke to a friend about another friend whose family is thoroughly enjoying their unexpected experience. Apparently, they are using the Public School curriculum because their daughter is thoroughly familiar with it. And, she has learned to give herself more vacation days by getting up to two weeks ahead and then, relaxing until the curriculum catches up! Brilliant kid!
EATING TOGETHER
One of the sad facts of chasing the American dream, is that too many people did it at the expense of family life. I don't know how many times my co-workers lamented to me that they never ate dinner with their family. Everyone was too busy.
But now, many have rediscovered this beautiful tradition. We homeschooled our kids and we've never ceased to eat together even though they are now grown up. But to so many of my co-workers, this has been a surprise blessing.
WATCHING MOVIES TOGETHER
Again, something which comes naturally to homeschoolers. But something which my co-workers said they seldom did. Now that they are forced to be together at home, they are doing this more frequently, as well. And thoroughly enjoying it.
SAVINGS
This is a personal thing. By the grace of God, I'm still working. Although my children have lost their jobs. However, we are not adversely affected because we have suddenly stopped buying all the unnecessary things that we used to buy. No more eating out at restaurants, uh, because they're closed. No more going to the movies, because they're shut down. No more shopping sprees because unnecessary trips outside the home, are discouraged.
So, actually my wife and I are saving more money. And my kids are wondering why they have to return to work. Because I said so! That's why!
It seems to me, that God is turning this evil pandemic, into a blessing in disguise.
May God bless you and may you and your family remain safe.
Thank God for that! I mean, if you listen to the hot mic incident, it is stated that the mortality is between .1 and .3 percent. Which makes this disease a mere variation of the flu. Not the deadly plague that was originally prophesied.
So, we can breathe more easily. With all due respect to all those who lost loved ones during this time, there were some positive aspects of our human response to this emergency.
THE FEAR OF GOD
As Scripture says, "the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom". And many people began to think of their eternal resting place during this pandemic. Their personal mortality and frailty was on full display and as a result, many turned to God for help. Some people whom I've never heard to invoke God before, suddenly were praying. I consider this a good thing. I pray that the grace of God remains with them after the fear for their lives, is gone. Hopefully, we will again see packed houses when we are permitted to return to the Mass.
PRAYER AT HOME
Relatedly, I have heard that people are praying, lighting blessed candles and using holy water and oil, at home. I pray that these customs persist long after the pandemic is relegated to the footnotes of history.
HOMESCHOOLING
People have been forced to homeschool their children. And, although there are some videos humourously panning the practice:
I have heard from a friend who spoke to a friend about another friend whose family is thoroughly enjoying their unexpected experience. Apparently, they are using the Public School curriculum because their daughter is thoroughly familiar with it. And, she has learned to give herself more vacation days by getting up to two weeks ahead and then, relaxing until the curriculum catches up! Brilliant kid!
EATING TOGETHER
One of the sad facts of chasing the American dream, is that too many people did it at the expense of family life. I don't know how many times my co-workers lamented to me that they never ate dinner with their family. Everyone was too busy.
But now, many have rediscovered this beautiful tradition. We homeschooled our kids and we've never ceased to eat together even though they are now grown up. But to so many of my co-workers, this has been a surprise blessing.
WATCHING MOVIES TOGETHER
Again, something which comes naturally to homeschoolers. But something which my co-workers said they seldom did. Now that they are forced to be together at home, they are doing this more frequently, as well. And thoroughly enjoying it.
SAVINGS
This is a personal thing. By the grace of God, I'm still working. Although my children have lost their jobs. However, we are not adversely affected because we have suddenly stopped buying all the unnecessary things that we used to buy. No more eating out at restaurants, uh, because they're closed. No more going to the movies, because they're shut down. No more shopping sprees because unnecessary trips outside the home, are discouraged.
So, actually my wife and I are saving more money. And my kids are wondering why they have to return to work. Because I said so! That's why!
It seems to me, that God is turning this evil pandemic, into a blessing in disguise.
May God bless you and may you and your family remain safe.
You are a braying jackass. There is NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, good coming out of this Covid 19 pandemic. Democratic governors and mayors all across this nation are enforcing all sorts of authoritarian and unconstitutional policies. There was a father arrested for playing with his daughter in a empty park. There was a man arrested for surfing at a beach all by himself. There was a man who was handled like a wild animal off a bus just because he was not wearing some stupid face mask. Examples of tyranny abound. Wake up. Our government is shutting down all sorts of meant factories and other important places so that it can install electric currency and put up a New World Order. Whoever lives, lives; whoever dies, dies. Our government is planning on putting us to death and it is testing to see how obedient we are. Communism and socialism are here RIGHT NOW! Capitalism is going away FOREVER.
ReplyDeleteAnd you are a trumpeting ass,
DeleteNow that we've gotten past the introductions, lets discuss our positions. You seem to be under the mistaken idea that I'm a liberal. On the contrary, I'm a Trump Republican. LIke Trump, I see that we are going to come out of this emergency much better than when it started. As Trump said, the country is coming together like never before to combat a common enemy. But let's go through your response point by point. You said:
Democratic governors and mayors all across this nation are enforcing all sorts of authoritarian and unconstitutional policies.
Yes. And that very fact has brought them out into the open and freedom loving democrats, libertarians and independents will vote against them in the next election.
There was a man arrested for surfing at a beach all by himself. There was a man who was handled like a wild animal off a bus just because he was not wearing some stupid face mask. Examples of tyranny abound. Wake up.
All those things have come to the attention of freedom lovers all around and they are voicing their concerns even by organizing protests the American way! And Attorney General William Barr is targeting that overreach and reigning in the offending government official.
Our government is shutting down all sorts of meant factories and other important places so that it can install electric currency and put up a New World Order. Whoever lives, lives; whoever dies, dies.
ON the contrary, you must be one of those who sees the glass half empty. Don't you remember that President Trump has removed tons of government regulations and made our country the premier energy generator in the world. He is even bringing coal back. An industry which many thought was dead.
Our government is planning on putting us to death
Lol! Then would would they govern? Think about it, if they put us to death, they would have to work for themselves. No, the liberals simply want to turn this country into a socialist government where they can perpetuate their wealth from the sweat of our brows.
and it is testing to see how obedient we are. Communism and socialism are here RIGHT NOW! Capitalism is going away FOREVER.
You can roll over if you want. I believe in God and I believe that God is with us and will always protect this Christian nation. God bless America!
If you open your eyes, you'll see that the country is again beginning to prosper. You might want to turn off CNN. Its driving you crazy.
Everything is communism and the New World Order with you rightwingers. how some civility and stop peddling conspiracy theories.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. But the conspiracy theories and lack of civility abound on both sides. Thanks for your reply.
DeleteOh, they are collapsing our economy. They are giving us over to China. 2/3 of the human population will be killed off before half of the Tribulation is even up.
ReplyDeleteGod is not with a nation that promotes abortion and homosexuality. We are worse than Sodom and Gomorrah.
Oh, they are collapsing our economy.
DeleteNo they're not. You're letting the fake news brainwash you into believing that the end is near. They want to induce fear and you are letting them manipulate you.
They are giving us over to China.
Maybe they've given you to China. But I'm still in the USA. And we've taken our country back from China, they found out they couldn't afford us.
2/3 of the human population will be killed off before half of the Tribulation is even up.
God alone knows when the tribulation will strike us. Live righteously and you'll have nothing to worry about. Keep your eyes on heaven and all will be provided for you.
God is not with a nation that promotes abortion and homosexuality. We are worse than Sodom and Gomorrah.
God is with the righteous. Live righteously and God will be with you. But you seem to have no faith. Otherwise, why are you living in such fear? Turn to God and He will hold you up. America is a God fearing nation and it is in God that we trust. God is our Protector.
So, relax. God has everything well in hand.
God bless you and God bless America.
I think the Demokrat mayors and governors will remain in power because in those states there are more LEFTISTs than not, which is how they got there and stay there.
DeleteDid you notice that two Republicans won in California? That hadn't happened for decades.
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We're tens of trillions of dollars in debt at the national level. We've had tens of millions of legal abortions in recent decades. We've mainstreamed things like pornography, fornication, divorce, same-sex marriage, and transgenderism. The large majority of Americans say they find the most meaning in life from family or some other source other than God. Most Americans can't name a single Supreme Court justice. Most can't name the four gospels. The average American spends more than five hours a day on sports and leisure and less than ten minutes a day on religious activities. The large majority of Americans don't want to make any significant effort to study issues like the ones this thread is focused on. Among the small minority of people who are more interested in such issues, the large majority of those people are unwilling to do the sort of research, writing, and other work that's required to address these subjects in the relevant ways. Instead, to whatever small extent they show any interest in such work, it's a matter of doing little or nothing more than watching other people do what needs done. An extremely tiny minority of people is expected to carry the burden for everybody else. Under those circumstances, it makes sense to be more careful about matters like time management accordingly, and it would be irresponsible to not be more careful. And now with COVId 19, they are planning to replace human workers with robots. We are doomed as a nation.
ReplyDeleteThree pounds of meat at my grocery store is twenty dollars. Don''t tell me our government is not collapsing our economy. Recovery is not in sight.
ReplyDeleteSo, basically, you have no faith in God. I look around and I see that our country is well on its way to recovery. I don't see any robots and the SJW's are in retreat. So, you have made the choice to live in fear. I have made the choice to live place my faith and hope in God.
DeleteAnonymous is being realistic. Brannon Howse said not to eel good just because Trump is President. If you are not ready ad do not pray to be counted worthy, you will miss the Rapture "Our Blessed Hope" (Titus 2:13) and be left behind.
Deleteit is far from being under control:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI3JkLPNcKE
Interesting video. Thank God that Joe Biden has basically disappeared from the political scene. That's why the Prez calls him, Hidin' Biden.
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By the grace of God, it appears the Democrats are imploding.
https://youtu.be/bZYh-YgYvFQ