Should we Be Fearful?

     Fear, anxiety and death. A constant barrage of numbers and information. How much is too much? How many hours spent reading the news, browsing social media, and watching reports is to much? To many hours lost of life. Too many hours spent worrying and in fear. Do we not know or remember that God is in control? Do we so easily forget that our days are numbered? Have we forgotten that God knows how many hairs are on our heads and how many days we live before we were born!!! 

Luke 12:6-8 English Standard Version (ESV)  6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?[a] (remove footnotes) And not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows

     Fear Not. In times of uncertainty, in times or trauma in times of unknown, fear not. Living everyday in fear is no life at all. No matter what life circumstances are, we are to trust in the Lord and not fear. To live our life for Him no matter what that life is. Hunger, pain, sorrow, and death. We have been given life and we must live that life for Christ. 

Romans 14:8 English Standard Version (ESV)  8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.

     Many of us have lived comfortable lives, maybe a bit too comfortable. A lot of us don't wonder daily were our food will come from, or if we will have clean water to drink. We have lived relativity comfortable lives, until now. This level of comfort is not something that is universal. Americans have been thrown into an unknown experiment of social distancing and staying put. Church doors are closed with services and studies online. Schools are closed with all children thrust into a make shift mix of work at home and school at home routine. Parents are all of a sudden working from home and with their kids full time. Restaurants, if they are open, are delivery and pick up only. Groceries and pharmacies are open, as well as gas stations and repair shops. Most other places are closed. The streets are empty, the world is quiet. Americans are slowing down their life. A forced slow down. How will we handle this slow down? Will we spend each day obsessively checking statistics and fearful of what could happen to us and our families? Or will we live everyday that we get in thankfulness and trust? 

     Just last night Jacob, my husband, made a comment about how quiet it is here. We live right on the city limits and our ears are accustomed to daily ambulances sirens, firetrucks, cars honking, people yelling and trains squealing. But not anymore. It is silent. Sitting outside the other afternoon and birds were the only sound you could hear. It felt like we have moved to the country, like we had no neighbors. But yet, on the other side of our fence live our neighbors. You could see all the houses around us, behind, beside and in front. But there weren't the sound of cars, or ambulances or trains. Our city has become a quiet place. A place of reflection, or fear, or loneliness. It is amazing to think of how quick our world has slowed down. Who knows what the future will look like. Who knows how this will impact our future lives, our kids lives, our economy. Only God knows, He has always known. 

     In the meantime, we will be living our life as normal as we possibly can. We will continue to home school, to work at home, to serve as God has called us, to Praise God in all circumstances and to pray. To pray that God would heal those who are sick, protect those who are not, but even more that God would use this time to reach people's heart. That this would be a time of revival and we would see Christian love shown throughout the world. 

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