[21twelve]

Thank you. Will read later.

Our pastor said “The state has told us that we must wear masks beginning next Sunday. In the Bible we are told to submit to the government as long as it does not go against our basic beliefs.

So we will require everyone to wear masks. However, we also believe that our community relationship as a group is required by God. And we urge you all to come to worship unless you are in a high risk group.”

[Caipirabob]

One of two elderly people in my family to die shortly after a bout with COVID was a pastor. Both he and his wife, my blood kin, caught it. He came down with symptoms first. I believe they killed him when they intubated him. They could not ween him off the machine. Still, it’s obvious they were exposed at service or one of the service related functions. This was the only real social activity they engaged in. Tragic.

Would masks have helped? Who can really say? There were perhaps hundreds of opportunities to pick up a virus with or without a mask in large groups.

[Elsie]

Church; eh??

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Psalm 103   Of David   niv

¹ Praise the Lord, my soul;
    all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
² Praise the Lord, my soul,
    and forget not all his benefits—
³ who forgives all your sins
    and heals all your diseases,
⁴ who redeems your life from the pit
    and crowns you with love and compassion,
⁵ who satisfies your desires with good things
    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

⁶ The Lord works righteousness
    and justice for all the oppressed.

⁷ He made known his ways to Moses,
    his deeds to the people of Israel:
⁸ The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
    slow to anger, abounding in love.
⁹ He will not always accuse,
    nor will he harbor his anger forever;
¹⁰ he does not treat us as our sins deserve
    or repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love for those who fear him;
¹² as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

¹³ As a father has compassion on his children,
    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
¹⁴ for he knows how we are formed,
    he remembers that we are dust.
¹⁵ The life of mortals is like grass,
    they flourish like a flower of the field;
¹⁶ the wind blows over it and it is gone,
    and its place remembers it no more.
¹⁷ But from everlasting to everlasting
    the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
    and his righteousness with their children’s children—
¹⁸ with those who keep his covenant
    and remember to obey his precepts.

¹⁹ The Lord has established his throne in heaven,
    and his kingdom rules over all.

²⁰ Praise the Lord, you his angels,
    you mighty ones who do his bidding,
    who obey his word.
²¹ Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,
    you his servants who do his will.
²² Praise the Lord, all his works
    everywhere in his dominion.

Praise the Lord, my soul.

[Elsie]

How stupid am I???

 

 

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[Elsie]

(Evidently the STUPID site doesn’t allow hot linking...)