Having lived 76 years, I have finally learned to trust God, to rely on his Word for advice on everything, and to “listen” to the Holy Spirit for guidance. Many times that guidance is like a strong intuition that seems to come from deep inside and sometimes (as in this case) contrary to popularly accepted wisdom.
I will admit that it was fairly easy to Turn down the jab (I refuse to call it a vaccine) as I am retired and now live in a rural area outside a tiny town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It became somewhat harder when in the fall of 2020, I had to go spend a lot of time in a big city in another state to take care of my brother who lived alone and who was dying of late stage liver failure. It meant ignoring the danger of many trips to the hospital, Walmart for supplies, and hunting for a nursing home for him. But then I had no time for fear, and that trust in the Almighty I already mentioned, to keep me safe. Four months later my brother did go home to be with the Lord, and guess what they listed on his death certificate as cause (even though he had no symptoms of it) ….. Covid. Needless to say, my trust in the medical establishment and the government was by this time trashed.
I love the line in the article we are discussing that says, “You are made of the stuff of the greatest that ever lived, those heroes born among ordinary men whose lights shine in the dark.” It reminds me of a book I once read, “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr. It takes place close to the end of WWII as a blind girl and her father flee German-occupied Paris. They move in with a reclusive uncle who transmits clandestine radio broadcasts as part of the resistance.
The love and sacrifice of this father to his daughter, the heroes made by war of ordinary men, the seemingly miracle of the blind girl trapped in darkness bravely using the radio and sending packets of light between radio towers…..
all of this and a great deal more essentially is all the light we cannot see.
It’s all part of what Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” ~ John 8:12
I choose to walk through this faked pandemic with pure blood and the “light of the world” holding my hand.
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Learn to listen to, and always obey the Holy Spirit.