I must admit at first I was taking COVID-19 much less seriously than I should. I am like great, more fake news from the media and politicians yady yady yad ya. So, today 4/7/2020 this corona-virus is anything but a joke. Many people have died due to this horrible disease.
I feel like the unknown is like an abyss that can suck you in like a vacuum cleaner and then bring you into a host of emotions and compounding fear, anger, sorrow, and much more all in to one. The hard notion to find is that peace, and that things will be ok. That this is a temporary setback and we will move forward. Much easier said than done unfortunately, especially if you can be a negative/pessimistic thinker like myself.
Many people have lost their primary sources of income including myself. When I got that call, I shook in my boots. “You are not needed anymore due to Covid”, is what I was told, and thank you for service. Just like that the phone hung up and boom everything stopped. I walked (I was working at home) out and told my other half. I just got terminated, and of course, she had my back, like always ( I wanted to share this to tell you, that you are not alone if feel that way). I am very fortunate and a blessed man because of my wife.
What if you do not have that somebody to fall back on? In fact where is God? Certainly not here many of us think. How could a loving, caring, all powerful God let this happen to us? These questions come across my thoughts all of time. I get really angry, upset, and bitter with God. Sometimes I even shut him out of my life. I got this, I am strong, and I sure can make it my own. For a while that may true, and then I face plant into reality like missing the step to my porch.
Psalm 34:17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and rescues them from all their troubles.
Isaiah 43:1-3 Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord you God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
Both of these verses kind of marry each other in ways. When David wrote this, I believe he was conveying, we are all God’s people, his children, and when we are on are backs, against the walls, God does here your calls. Bad things are going to happen and that is that. There is a rope and a way to get out of the darkness and I find it the toughest thing to climb, I call it “faith”. 800 years later Isiah wrote this passage above and he is speaking about how the Israelite’s need to hold strong even while being held siege by Babylonian rule. Gods promise to the Israelite’s was to hold strong, and I will walk you through this and protect my people.
Even through those dark times, when you or lose someone to a horrible illness or have loss of employment and go through the pains of anger, depression, and denial, there is someone walking with you. You are never alone, and someone does love you. Even though it seems like he is not here right now, he is. Reach for that rope, climb it, and better days are not far ahead. For it is our faith, are love, and endurance as his people to live in his righteousness. God Bless you, for you are never alone.
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