When the Black Death hit, many people did die. The first wave claimed many lives because there was no exposure to the bacteria prior. Those who survived the first wave would go on to survive the second wave when the plague hit. It did claim more lives, but not like the first wave. People were starting to resist it. Immune response kicked in. As more waves of the plague hit, less and less people were affected by it. Eventually leading to mass immunity or mass resistance or herd immunity to the plague.
Martin Luther lived during the Black Death. He was doing Gods bidding by preaching the word as it was meant to be. He remained steadfast before the peril of death. He did not flee from the plague, rather, he helped his flock. "A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep, but the hireling sees the wolf coming and flees" John 10:11. He put his life on the line and prayed with his sheep and distributed the sacraments and prayed over them that God may heal them or comfort them in death. Luther also suffered a great tragedy during the plague. His daughter died from the plague. A grief stricken Luther mourned and still comforted his people in dark times. Where am I going with this? Take away that Luther is trying to give in his recounts of the Black Death is to not fear death for yourself nor other around you. Believers ought to rejoice in sending a loved one to heaven for it is safer there than here on our sin filled earth. Mourn as it is in our human nature to feel sad for loss. But be happy also as they no longer feel the troubles and burdens on earth.
If we lived with this same mindset today, we'd be so much happier. The devil has taken hold of our planet with a firm grip now days. Christianities head in the the hold of the guillotine. Governments plotting. Conspiracy theories running wild. With our own modern day plague, we all choose it is better to distance ourselves from friends and family. Even while we have a vaccine that was pushed so hard to distribute, humans still choose to not see each others faces. Humans still choose to shut themselves in their homes and watch as the day goes by, rather the years go by and complain there's no end in sight. There is! Live your life! This is that classic moment of "live like you were dying". I got news for you all, were all dying one of these days. I choose to live my life as happy as I can possibly be while you sit on your couch scrolling through Instagram and yell at the picture on your screen that depicts people out enjoying themselves how they seem fit.
For too long have we been confined to Netflix and Grubhub. Live! Stop telling someone who lives 8 states away from you to stop going outside without a mask because it's bad for YOUR health. It is bad for YOUR health to stay inside 24/7. You do not dictate others lives. You dictate your own. I live my life the way I will until the day I die! Serious question. What is it to be alive?
The people who are complaining about the China Virus are the same people who have the vaccine and wear 13 masks at a time. Since you all hail to Dr. Fauci and "follow the science", why are you all still freaking out over the Kung Flu? If the vaccine is so wonderful and so safe and just the greatest thing in modern medicine, why are you still scared? Why are you so concerned about the unvaccinated? Shouldn't your Covid jab protect you from the Rona? Shouldn't your super-duper powerful cloth mask also protect you? (Masks do not work by the way, idiots.) You have the vaccine. So you should be SAFE! The unvaccinated are the ones who are supposedly at risk. Not you. If you believe in the vaccine (even though it doesn't work), you should feel perfectly fine.
ReplyDeleteStop telling others how to live their lives. Just because you are a cowardly couch potato, doesn't mean you get to rule other people's lives because you're terrified of catching the sniffles. Get over yourself. Get outside. Enjoy what little life we all have left. Stop being scared of this virus that our government and the Chinese government released upon us.