How can these be the “worst of times”? Have you been living under a rock for the past
several months? The news is filled with
report after report about the current CoronaVirus pandemic. A day does not go by when it is not reported
that things continue to get worse. Even
in areas of the world where they are beginning to say that things are starting to improve, they are still highly concerned that a re-occurrence is likely to
happen.
The sadness that you see in the faces and
hear in the voices of those in the medical profession when they turn out to be
the individual who has to sit at the bedside of a patient with the disease as
that patient is breathing their last breaths.
And there are no family members who can be there with them. Then this dedicated medical person has to
inform the family of what has happened.
It almost rips your heart apart just hearing about such
circumstances. I can only imagine the heart
break that is within that poor staff member who has had to endure that
situation knowing that perhaps only hours or moments later they are going to be
called upon to do the same thing over again!
Currently facing the situations we are
during these critical times how can I possibly say it is “the best of times?” Initially using the same situation that I
mentioned above, when have you seen such compassion shown for those we have
unfortunately been victims of this terrible pandemic?
The outpouring of expressions of concern
and a desire to help is, at times, almost overwhelming. People in all walks of life have “stepped up”
as it were to do what they can to help others have some type of “normalcy”
within their lives during these times.
This shows me that there is a place in the hearts of most people to show
love to their fellowman. To have within
themselves a desire to make others feel better during their time of
suffering. This shows me there is a God because
we are made in his image. And if we are
capable of displaying such emotions, imagine how he must feel by what is
happening. No, I don’t believe that God
has caused this plague, but I do believe that we should learn to display these
emotions to the benefit of others even when times are not as critical as they
are now. I also believe that God has
never intended for humankind to live with these diseases and other conditions
that we currently see. And I believe
that he has a purpose to correct all things within his own time frame. We need to look forward to those times and
live our lives as if we were already part of God’s new world of peace and
harmony.
QUOTE TO CONSIDER
THOUGHTFUL GEM
"Share your cup with others
and your cup will overflow."
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