Guest Blog
This is a guest blog that my brother, Steve, copied and pasted. It reiterates our pastor’s recent sermon. I hope the originator doesn’t mind me posting it. It is too not good to share.
3 years from now, some of you will look back & admit that you spent an entire year of your life wearing a mask, cooped up in your house & avoiding all the people you love. A year in your life that you’ll never get back.
And let me say this, I am not saying this virus isn’t real, or that there aren’t people that could be/have been really affected. If you’re at risk, take precautions, stay home when sick, absolutely.
Every single day is a risk.
Car accident, flu, etc. Our days were numbered from the moment we took our first breath. Life isn’t a race where we win against the inevitable! That has not changed since the beginning of time!
BUT, we should not be forced to live in fear.
We went from being a free nation to being told we:
couldn’t go to school
couldn’t go to church
couldn’t go to our grandma’s house
couldn’t pay respects to a loved one through a funeral
couldn’t leave our homes…
and when we were allowed to do these things, we were told:
how long we could be there
how far apart we have to be
which direction to walk
what to wear
what we can buy/not buy
where we could shop/not shop
whether we could sing/worship/take communion
what time we had to be home
Yes, our health matters. But you know what else matters?
Family.
Friends.
Church.
School.
Hugs.
Family vacations.
Neighborhood BBQs.
Life.
Fitness.
Autonomy.
One day, you’ll hug your grandma, mom, dad, or brother for the last time. One day, your best friend will cry on your shoulder for the last time. One day, your child will play their last baseball game.One day, they’ll have their last day of school. One day, you’ll spend your last day laughing with a loved one. One day, you’ll dance your last dance.
Don’t waste the days you have by living in fear.
Your time here on earth matters. Live your life while you have the chance. God is gonna call you home when it’s your time.
Virus or no virus.
Please copy & paste it.
I did.
Blessings
KB
For the Holy Spirit, God’s gift, does not want you to be afraid of people, but to be wise and strong, and to love them and enjoy being with them. 2 Timothy 1:7 TLB
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