It feels good to get my blood flowing and heart rate up! Truth be told, 15min is not enough of a work out, but even in just a short amount of time, I usually have to pause it once or twice for Nala – so as you can see, working out from home includes a lot of interruptions! 🙂 I also really like workouts with a timer at the top of the screen counting down until it’s over, haha!
I wanted to take some time today to write about Corona Virus because that is the hot goss these days! Is it too hype? Is it not hype enough? There are very few of us, but my husband and I lean toward the “not hype enough” side. We’re not after fear and we don’t believe everything we see on the news but deaths are happening in the city next to us. The city we take our son to therapy to 5 days a week.
I’m amazed and how quickly people say, “well those people are elderly and have health complications already,” as if we have nothing to worry about.
Since when is a 50 year old in America elderly?
And also…. the elderly can hear us dismissing them to save ourselves.
Jesus talks about the “least of these,” the vulnerable in our society very differently than we do. And it makes me sad. I think he would be saying something very different about how the Corona virus affects those people and be less concerned about what inaccurate hype he could be bringing to the rest of us.
He would be elevating their lives and bringing dignity to their humanity.
I believe the Christian community has an opportunity to actually live the fearless life we say we have because of Christ. But I often find that Christians are actually really scared while talking about not spreading fear, the ones getting into political battles online over SICKNESS, and in self preservation mode. Shouldn’t we be the ones who are loving our neighbor, staying kind and not in frenzy, upholding the lives of people no matter who they are and coming against a self preserving culture?
When we went to Cosco a couple weeks ago to stock up on food because we knew the shelves in our urban area would be empty soon, I just kept thinking; I wish we had more money so we could buy enough food if our friends and neighbors need it. And then I remembered, even if we don’t have enough – there’s always something we can do, even if it means we give sacrificially or it’s uncomfortable, there’s always something we can do to show love. And honestly, the ways of Jesus are just that, to give not out of our abundance but to do so with that we have, even if it’s not much.
Stay healthy friends!
Don’t be afraid. But take this seriously.
Take heed to the advice of the CDC.
Wash your hands.
Call your primary care doctor if you have been exposed to someone with Corona or if you are experiencing symptoms.
Quarantine yourself if you have autoimmune issues, breathing problems of any kind or feel vulnerable to sickness – or you’ve been exposed to someone diagnosed with the virus.
Pay attention to the news while using discernment.
Don’t allow our society to give you another reason to isolate yourself if you don’t need to. Community can still exist in a time like this.
Call your pastor if you need prayer 🙂
And take the opportunity in a time of crisis to adhere to the ways of Jesus!
Amreitha 