Lilies of the Field

As you read that title, you no doubt thought, What in the world? I must apologize for being MIA for the last three weeks. It’s funny how things happen sometimes. In my last blog I had mentioned the hot cultural issue of our day regarding vaccine mandates as it relates to our Christian’s convictions. I got Covid about a week later. What surprised me was just how quickly it hit me. One day I was sneezing, the next I was wheezing with every breath with a hacking cough that seemed to never end. Gladly, I can also say it was gone just about as quickly as it came. I have asthma, so I have learned to fight hard against the ordinary cold “going to my chest”. Nevertheless, about every three years, I get a case of bronchitis that lasts for a couple of months before I am feeling even close to normal again. In essence, during those months, I may make several trips to the doctors for prescriptions and generally feel miserable for the duration of the illness. Covid was very different. I didn’t feel...