I last blogged three months ago! Oh, how the world has changed. Who could have imagined it? Those with a brain in their heads are now wearing masks to protect others and themselves from the Covid 19 virus. But it has become a politicized issue, with some unwilling to wear masks. Thankfully, it is the law in New York. Other states are hot-spots and the virus is running rampant!
In the past three months, schools, colleges, businesses, entertainment, sports, retail businesses closed down in New York for at least two of those months, and then began to open up slowly. There are currently 130,000 plus U.S. deaths!
The title of my last post was "Anxiety". Now there are many more reasons for anxiety than there were then! As a person of faith, I have to remind myself constantly not to be pulled down into discouragement, despair, depression, darkness! Darkness closes in all around. Yet, ultimately, it is God who is in charge. Our hope is in God. While I do not believe that God would cause a pandemic, I do believe that God can use one! Could God be using this one to highlight the racial and economic injustices that abound in our culture?
There has surely been a lot of social unrest during these three months, with calls for major change in regard to systemic racism. What the results will be is yet to be seen.
For me right now, the most horrifying news is that the president now has his on law enforcement group----the new Gestapo. They are not wearing military insignia, but are arresting protesters in Oregon in unmarked vehicles. It feels like no one is safe if the president has his own armed enforcement militia group.
How could we have fallen so far in such a short period of time?
Surely, the American Dream, democracy, "the American Experiment" is in serious danger of demise if our current climate continues.
I can only hope that the next time I Blog, the world will look brighter than it does right now!!
