Disease

    Today there is a lot in the news about the Coronavirus.  It seems that it is certainly spreading at an unbelievable rate.  People are being infected it seems without any known cause.  The more people try to take steps to prevent their becoming sick the more it appears that the virus is spreading.  Governments are spending multi-millions of dollars to try and get this infection under control.  But the truth appears to be that they still know very little about the disease itself.

     The COVID-19 (as it is being called) as of this writing has caused at least 14 deaths in the United States.  There are now confirmed cases of the coronavirus in 21 states, after the pathogen was found in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Colorado.  The virus has a mortality rate of 3.4% estimated by the WHO (World Health Organization) as of March 3^rd.

     However, there is a “disease” which affects all of mankind and the mortality rate is 100%.  Try as we may we cannot escape or prevent (at least currently) the sting of this inherited condition.  That uncontrolled “disease” is death.  Through human history individuals have searched for a “magic elixir” to prevent their eventual reality.  But in the end death overtook them all.  They have succumbed to the greatest enemy of mankind - - - Death!

     This eventuality of humankind has no regard for age, for gender, for status, for economic position, for nationality, or for race.  It is all inclusive and stalks after the entire population who live upon the earth.  It is not bound by the confines of national borders and gives no second thought a person’s current circumstances.  If it does not capture its prey while they are young it has the patience to wait until an individual is overtaken by “natural” causes.

     However, there is nothing “natural” about death.  Scientist and health professionals really do not understand why people grow old and die.  With all their research and medical advances they are still very much in the dark about this subject.  They have made some great advancement in the medical field and they are often able to treat a person’s symptoms and make them feel somewhat better.  They may even extend a person’s life by a few years.  In the end however, a person will be captured by this adversary death.

     There is one who can bring death to nothing.  He is also able to reverse all the effects that have been caused by death.  To take advantage of what He offers along with all the provisions it involves we must do our part and put faith in Him who will bring death to nothing!

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

THOUGHTFUL GEM

"To have good health makes all other
things in life more enjoyable."