There’s another virus we’re not talking about…

Things I am not:

Perfect, young, free of sin, worthless, damaged, bad, pessimistic, loveless, selfish, stupid, lazy, unmotivated, careless, angry, abusive, hateful, an addict, unwilling to learn, better than anyone, ignorant, racist, rich, always right, lonely, inexperienced, void of empathy or mentally ill.

I’m aware I could’ve added more to that list, but you get the point.

Things that I am:

Full of faith

I believe that is all I have to be and everything else gets taken care of. I believe that because I have experienced it. You won’t catch me freaking out about the Coronavirus, not because I don’t think it’s serious enough to be concerned with but because I know with my whole heart that God is sovereign. God is in control, you guys. My faith in God is at a level where I am completely convinced that everything in God’s world is happening under His say so.

I don’t have all the answers. Don’t @ me with “Then why did God let all these people get sick and/or die” because I don’t know. Just like I don’t know how/why God creates the feeling I get when I’m holding my daughter and she smiles at me. I don’t have these answers.

I do know that if you are a man/woman of faith, this is a very good opportunity for you to demonstrate to others what your character and your faith is like.

Are you participating in the mass hysteria? Are you being proactive to protect yourself, your family, your friends/co-workers and even strangers on the street? Are you doubting that things are divinely under control?

I spent a good part of my life living in fear and making bad decision after bad decision because of that. I was gracefully granted freedom from that and the Coronavirus certainly isn’t big enough to sway me from my beliefs.

Maybe you haven’t knocked on deaths door as many times as me and you don’t have a big tolerance for fearful things, that’s ok. I’m glad you didn’t have to live like me. But take a second and look at things in your life that you were convinced were earth shattering while they were happening. Remember that time when you were facing that seemingly life changing event when you were 100% certain things would be different for the rest of your life because of it and 6 months later you could barely even remember it happening?

I am not minimizing things at all. Please don’t think that. All I am trying to do is say, God has our back, you guys. That doesn’t mean that people won’t get sick or die. That doesn’t mean that we won’t have to push through storms and rough seasons in our lives. It just means that when everything is all said and done, we will be ok. I am being careful, I am taking precautions against the spread of COVID-19. I want to do everything within my power to protect my family…but I am not scared.

Do not be plagued with the virus of fear. Do not let faith slip from your grasp in time of tragedy. Be strong and confident that God is protecting His people in the way He sees fit.

I love each and every one of you reading this.