COVID has changed life as I know it. I don’t post blogs as frequently as I have in the past. I went to a church service on Easter for the first time in months. I bought my wife a new car for trips and we have taken none.
I have worked from home for years but now I am joined by many in my profession and others. I keep a mask in each vehicle and sometimes one in my pocket.
Some of these life changes are good; some not so much. Some are important and others are silly. I find myself wearing my mask driving alone in my car. It’s not for protection. It’s just a habit.
My wife and I decided on vaccination which made us wise to some, heroes to others, and ignorant lab rats to a third group.
I guess the important thing is to wisely and prayerfully distinguish between the good and bad habits we have picked up. This exercise will be, of necessity, very personal.
Working at home will work well for some and for others will be a productivity and home life disaster.
Watching church from home provides, frankly, better sermons and music, while fellowship is clearly lacking. At one church, live attendance is down, but online attendance is way up. Interestingly, giving remained about the same. Maybe through this experience, we will learn that being a Christian is less about showing up at church and more about showing up for others, less about Sundays and more about the rest of the week, less about clergy/laity distinctions, and more about a new understanding of the Priesthood of the Believer.
COVID has changed our world forever. Whether it changes us for better or worse depends on our courage to make personal, prayerful decisions and not follow blindly those who really have no idea where they are going. Those folks will not be standing with us when we stand before Jesus. We will be all alone then, mask or no mask.
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