For the last two days I haven’t felt compelled to write…did not want to force anything. Then I got an email that really made me smile and MADE SENSE.
There have been a lot of messages and especially news stories and broadcasts about the COVID-19 virus that really have not been that helpful. They hype and then finger pointing, and in the EMMY chasing media, often end with accusatory questions that ultimately have not vision for solutions and want to rest with their fear casting as a balanced response. No wonder people are running out and depleting the grocery store shelves of toilet paper. This is giving them the SH!#s.
Hats off to Glade Run Lutheran Services in Zelienople, PA 16063. This was how they began their COVID-19 Message.
They have had a lot of experience with dealing with service and crisis…they have been doing it since 1854! Keep up the good work.
Yes, this is a serious moment in time. We need to face it with care for each other, confidence in what we already know (wash, rinse, clean, scrub, cover…repeat, stay home when sick, etc.) and say GOD BLESS YOU. And to have trust, faith and hope…and do it with love.
Perhaps the greatest learning in this is just that; to know what we know and to practice it. God is God and in control and we are not. And if Heaven is our Home, what is there truly to fear? Let us be HELPERS.
