We are the ominous signs?

We are drifting away, and we are doing so quite rapidly. We are aware of this and must return to God. Our drift is as a nation, a church and as individuals.

One almost does not want to believe that 2020 happened. But I do not want to join everyone else and just say this was the worst year ever, no it was a year that produced mixed blessings. It was a year of change. It was a year of testing, and it was a year of great discovery.

When the US sneezes, the world catches a cold. What happens when it has severe covid-19?

I saw this title online and became sad. When this article was written, in the middle of this year, gloom was predicted for the world by the end of the year 2020, which would be felt in 2021. There would be shrinking of the US economy and so will the economies in the rest of the world. Unemployment will rise, more people will join or go under the poverty line and there will be serious social unrest. From the standpoint of the Reuters’ columnist, there will be economic and social chaos. 

We woke up on Friday morning October 2, with the news that the President of the United States and his wife were tested positive for the corona virus. Whereas we are saddened by this and we pray that they will both recover well.

This is a question that Jesus asked on several occasion and particularly in his encounter with Mary and Martha. I’m borrowing the question, not expounding the text.