We all agree that life is different this Spring. There are some with a faint memory of the Great Depression, and those who experienced World War II in one way or another.
Since then, nothing has affected our national well being like the Wuhan virus. It is the end for tens of thousands, and there is real hardship for millions economically.
Is there anything good about it?
In WORLD magazine Marvin Olasky reminds us that the Civil War cost some 600,000 lives, but there was a benefit - freedom for 5 million slaves. A Southern novelist said, "The South produced many good writers ... because we got beat."
The Depression and World War II produced "the greatest generation." That is, those who survived.
Quadriplegic Joni Eareckson Tada once said, "Had I not broken my neck I'd probably be on my third husband, maxing out my husband's credit cards." She turned to Christ and manages a worldwide ministry/charity for the disabled.
A Copenhagen professor analyzed internet searches for prayer in 75 countries. He found that "search intensity for prayer doubles for every 80,000 newly registered cases of COVID-19 ... Google searches on prayer have skyrocketed."
Olasky: "We have more time to pray, more time to read the Bible, and more time to think about our own sin." Meanwhile, thousands of Americans find new ways
to salute and support first responders, while Blue Angels and Thunderbirds make beautiful noise roaring over cities hardest hit.
Jimmy
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