waybread
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Opal, thanks. I am finding that friends and neighbours in our area are checking up on one another by phone every few days.
I am concerned about my son and daughter-in-law in Colorado. They came down with sore throats and fevers a few days ago. Their doctor prescribed penicillin in the *hope* that this is *just* strep throat. If they don't develop tightness of chest and a cough by tomorrow then it's not covid-19. They've been sequestering for 3 weeks. They also have an active 3-year old, and I don't know what contingency plans they would have for him.
We've been texting, but I don't like to call in case they're able to sleep, &c.
I am not a huge believer in petitionary prayer, although I don't dismiss it. I just think of all of the millions people over the centuries who prayed for relief from a disaster and got hit anyway. Prayer didn't stop the bubonic plague or the devastation of two world wars, for example. (Lots of examples of the innocent suffering with the guilty in the Bible.) I do believe in praying for one's personal strength in difficult times, and, as Jesus put it: "Not my will, but Thine be done."
Please stay well, everyone.
I am concerned about my son and daughter-in-law in Colorado. They came down with sore throats and fevers a few days ago. Their doctor prescribed penicillin in the *hope* that this is *just* strep throat. If they don't develop tightness of chest and a cough by tomorrow then it's not covid-19. They've been sequestering for 3 weeks. They also have an active 3-year old, and I don't know what contingency plans they would have for him.
We've been texting, but I don't like to call in case they're able to sleep, &c.
I am not a huge believer in petitionary prayer, although I don't dismiss it. I just think of all of the millions people over the centuries who prayed for relief from a disaster and got hit anyway. Prayer didn't stop the bubonic plague or the devastation of two world wars, for example. (Lots of examples of the innocent suffering with the guilty in the Bible.) I do believe in praying for one's personal strength in difficult times, and, as Jesus put it: "Not my will, but Thine be done."
Please stay well, everyone.