Roll Call - Sunday 4/5/20

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

 We've been in this new normal for a while now, and I'm wondering if anyone is feeling as though it qualifies as such.  Is social distancing a habit now, or do we struggle to not reach out and touch, shake hands or simply offer a physical gesture of support and encouragement?

I'm on my way out the door to our church service; no one there except the musicians and pastor, two techies that make it all turn into a live feed.  People feel connected through it, making comments throughout and even prayer requests.  It's amazing to me knowing this is going on around the world, thanks to the available and prevailing technology.

Passover begins on Wednesday, and the significance of an observation that recalls a time when the blood of a lamb, sacrificed and made the family meal, was placed on the doorposts and lintels of those ancient homes in order for death to bypass them, cannot be ignored during this current plague.  Easter, which falls next Sunday within the borders of Passover, celebrates another sacrifice, described as God's Passover Lamb, whose blood saves not only one group, but the world.  This compels me to believe in a passover for us, by whatever miracle of science might bring it about.

Of course, not everyone thinks as I do. But that doesn't stop me from praying and hoping for the safety of all of us, regardless of differences in viewpoints and beliefs.  Perhaps that is going to be the positive in all of the chaos and, for some, grief.  Perhaps it's possible to drop party lines, points of contention and endless wastes of time and energy spent on despising what the other person says or thinks.  

It's a stretch, I'll admit it and acquiesce to the probability that, at the end of this, people will go back to doing what they did before. Politicians will continue to haggle and spew out vindictive words... and I do mean all of them, unfortunately.  But people, those without an agenda for power or fame, can come out of this peaceably and with regard for others and what we've all been through, together.  Toilet paper hoarding aside, people have been afraid and shifting into survival mode.  I just hope our own survival will never mean we sacrifice someone else's.

Any thoughts on the topic?  Let us know you're here, because as Illya once said (and I have quoted more than once), 'we're all in the soup together'.

Comments

[threecee.livejournal.com]

You already know my views on religion, but I do appreciate that your prayers are a gesture of concern and goodwill. We need more good people like you, regardless of what beliefs motivate you to be what you are.

My own belief in the overall goodness of humanity and their ability to make things better through intelligence and cooperation has been sorely tested these past several years and I hope this will create a turning point where we will realize we are all better off when we work together for the common good instead of "me first and the hell with everyone else".