tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post6687133176216673158..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Lamenting the cost of safety. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-14308052637541245862021-01-14T23:47:15.383-06:002021-01-14T23:47:15.383-06:00Unable to sleep tonight, as I mull over the events...Unable to sleep tonight, as I mull over the events of this past year, I too feel the sense of isolation this plague has wrought. I think many of us are fighting depression and despair, and if it were not for the thought that Our Lord is listening to the prayers and cries of His people, it would overwhelm us all. How I miss the normal life we once had, and how I regret complaining about mundane things, things which seem so insignificant now, yet they seemed important at the time. As I open my IPad and read the news accounts, knowing much if it is lies, and gkancing at the hateful words of people posting responses filled with violent rhetoric, I want to say, "Come quickly, Lord Jesus." But the Lord will come on His own timing, not mine or yours, and we are commanded to stay the course, remain faithful, bear witness to the truth if the Gospel, and remember that life on this earth, whether joyful or in misery, is for a season only. I will be 76 next week. I have watched the world go by ever so quickly, and my wonderful and cherished wife of over 50 years, who sleeps while I write this, is particularly vulnerable to the Covid, having Pulmonary issues. At this point, I want to do what is in my power, taking all precautions, to keep her alive. We already have enough health issues. All we can do is the best we can, and pray, and believe in the grace of God, and perhaps we shall walk out of this valley eventually. God bless one and all. Soli Deo Gloria.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-20755556266358726492021-01-13T10:26:04.366-06:002021-01-13T10:26:04.366-06:00Thank you for your kind, caring concern for those ...Thank you for your kind, caring concern for those of us trapped in our isolation. I read your blog daily and it is a beam of brightness in my isolation here on the farm in the cold, wet winter hills of Appalachia. <br />I also enjoy other simple things like Don McClean singing "By the Waters of Babylon...We lay Down and Wept...for The Zion." The beautiful song sung in a "Round" with amazing harmonies remains me that we believers in a Merciful, Just God have been through hard times before and God has kept his primroses...and he will keep His primroses and see us through this plague.<br />I look forward to your Blogging to keep me hopeful in dark times...most of your Blogs are much more up beat than this particular one...I too am living in lonely isolated pain...and you give me hope with your Confessional words.<br />GOD BLESS THE PREACHER.<br />Timothy Carter, simple country Deacon, Kingsport, TN.<br /> Timothy Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203950953798690220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-40784865639263463602021-01-13T07:23:15.296-06:002021-01-13T07:23:15.296-06:00And with all of this tyranny forced on Christians ...And with all of this tyranny forced on Christians and other Americans, not one word has been raised about Xi and the ChiComs who released this plague on the world, especially with Xi's sockpuppet about to occupy the White House and his other sockpuppets in leadership positions in the House and Senate. <br /><br />It's like it was just some unfortunate naturally-occurring explosions that happened to occur on some naval ships and military bases in Pearl Harbor.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.com