World War C.O.V.I.D.

    

           "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

            Have you ever watched a horror movie that frightened you very much? A few months ago, we watched this movie called “World War Z”. The movie is talks about a family who was trying to escape and survive a rare disease that created chaos to several parts of the world. The rare disease “Solanum”, which later became a pandemic, made people turn into tattered and horrifying zombies. Gerry Lane, the main character is in search of an answer to fight off the disease that is endangering not only his loved ones but the whole of humanity. All throughout the movie, you will witness the panic, fear, confusion and uncertainty thriving mostly on every person. It was totally a chaotic world, giving you the feeling of an apocalypse in the making!

           Relating it to our current situation, our world is being mangled by a “Solanum”- like disease which is bringing the same effect to most of us.  COVID-19 may not be turning infected people to zombies but it is inciting devastating effects on people’s lives. Growing degrees of anxiety, doubts, terror and hopelessness are crippling many of us.  But just like in the movie, there’s a shield that we can depend to protect us. There are physical shields we can use like mask, face shields, sanitizers and distancing rules that we can follow. But more than that, we do have a spiritual shield that we can rely on amid this COVID-19 pandemic. And that is Jesus Christ!

         Jesus is our best weapon at this moment where there are many uncertain things happening around us. He can calm our fears. He is a shoulder we can lean on when we are getting tired of the reality, we are in. Jesus is our hope in our hopeless situation!

Prayer

Lord

      Help me Lord face my own fears. There are times, I forget that you were always watching over me and you were always protecting me from anything that will put me in danger. In this time of pandemic, bring us hope that all these things happening around us will soon come to an end. Forgive me and remind me to rely in You always. Thank you for always listening to me, in Jesus name, I pray, Amen.

Even though I walk

 through the darkest valley,

I will fear no evil,

    for you are with me;

your rod and your staff,

    they comfort me.

Psalm 23:4