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

[gevr.livejournal.com]

It is hard not to be able to touch your kids, grandchildren and friends, but there are indeed many other ways to communicate without endangering each other - so let's be happy about that.

I am not a religious person, but I do believe in the goodness that is inherent to most people. And it shows in all the little things people are doing for each other now in this time of crisis. It gives me hope that when this crisis will be over that things might change for the better - maybe not on a large scale, but as my mom always said "every little bit of kindness helps".
I am quite certain our politicians will learn next to nothing of all this, because even now when the crisis is raging around the country they are still bickering and sniping at one another. But if people would get a bit wiser many thing s can change, because it is the people that choose the politicians...

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Kentucky seems to be faring better than some, and families are together from the looks of it and comments I see. I hope you get that reunion sooner than later, I'm still holding out for Easter (have been since the onset).