Covid Fatigue

 “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭12:12‬ ‭NIV‬‬

https://romans.bible/romans-12-12

I get it.  Many people are getting tired of wearing masks or social distancing.  They want to rewind time pre-pandemic.  Life was difficult then but now seemingly bearable than what we have in front of us.  Oh, if we could only wave a magic wand.

But we have to court patience rather than ire, blessing in its stead than curses.  The pendulum swings both ways.  Yes, things could be a lot better and it could be also a lot worse.  I pray with all my heart for God’s mercy for I know this pandemic costs people their livelihood, their strength, and their very lives.  I pray to the heavens for relief to those who are in mourning; burying their loved ones in haste without a moment’s pause, battling the challenges of living only to be mocked by more death and dying.

I don’t know how I can help the world that is in pain.  I am but a drop of water in a vast ocean.  But what I can do is to pray because prayer is the mother of a thousand blessings.  I pray for deliverance from this pandemic.  I pray for hope and a future gilded with the ray of the sun.  I pray for mercy that bridles the tempest and cools the head fraught with anxiety.  I pray for courage and fortitude to endure until the dark shadow of this affliction is put to rest.  I pray for thanksgiving because I am assured of God’s promise.  No matter what, God will always be here with us.