Fear !

Are you afraid? That awful disease is enough to put fear into every person. It sure did mine. I kept looking at television news and my tablet to find anything new, but all I found was Coronavirus. It is spreading everywhere! There isn’t anywhere to go to escape it. And I am one of those older folks people talked about. There aren’t many older then I! I am 93. Next, we were told to stay home. Some of you had to stay home alone, that’s tough. My granddaughter is doing that. Staying home is also causing a financial problem for so many of you. All in all, it’s awful!

Then, I picked up my Bible. So many of us have lived our lives knowing what Jesus has done for us and we have all heard God loves us. Still we have lived happily, not really caring much.  Don’t you know that now is the time to turn yourself over to God? Ask Him to forgive your forgetfulness and let Him handle it. He, after all, is much bigger than Coronavirus. Maybe He is allowing this to bring all of us together. We have been a divided country far too long.

Now is the time to read the 23rd Psalm that starts out: “The Lord is my shepherd.” Has He been your shepherd? He knows all about you and wants to be your shepherd. Just ask Him. He will take care of you.

The Bible is His love letter to you and Jeremiah 1:8 reads: “Do not be afraid for I am with you, declares the Lord” Psalm 56 says “When I am afraid I will trust in you. In God I will trust.”That’s you and me talking. And last, I will mention my favorite, Psalm 91: “I will not fear the tempest of night nor the  plague that disrupt at midday. A thousand may fall at my side but it will not come near me.” (I  have changed some of the pro- nouns, just for clarity) There are so many more verses telling us to trust Him. I have just given you partial verses which talk directly to you who are fearful,

Now is definitely the time for all of us to let God handle our fears. President Trump and Vice President Pence, I believe, are listening to God and will take us through this. don’t you agree?