Do you fear the virus-Covid-19 ?

I remember being on a plane for my first time . As I was boarding , I scrolled my eyes trying to see every parts of the plane. I asked myself if this big object will be able to lift everyone up to the air and bring them back to ground safe and sound.

Fear still instilled in me while being up in the air. I tried to forget my fear by turning myself to see something outside of the window. The only things I saw was just sea of white cloud. It was funny when my thought was like what would happened to me if my plane would crash or where would I be if my plane landed at nowhere.

I couldn’t get myself away of fearful feeling. However, one thing I had learned was that “it doesn’t matter how much your fear is, you won’t be able to change any direction of your plane. The only people who can change it are either pilots or co-pilots. They are the ones who control the aircraft and base on their experience , they should know when danger lies ahead of us. Sometimes , we lean too much on our fear than the trust on the pilots.

For the last few months , the world has faced fear of Covid-19, a terrible and fast spreading virus which has so far been affecting hundreds of thousands if not millions people globally.

Different people fear differently. Some fear they they won’t have enough toilet paper while others fear that they won’t be able to support their hungry children if the lockdown stretches longer that expected. Some fear that they might lose their wealth and others fear that they might lose their life. Honestly speaking, there are people who don’t fear at all . They even believe that death is better than life because they have suffered so much on earth.

We are advised to keep clean in order to reduce our fear and the the chance of spreading the virus. There are certain places that cleaning is not common. I’m not sure if you have visited a slum area or a dump site where hundreds of people reside. Imagine if the virus invades their communities, how many of you would be volunteer to come and teach them how to be clean . If you do, how much of the success do you think they can develop a new habit in a challenging environment.

In addition to the recommended practice from health institutions, as Jesus followers, we choose faith instead of fear for we know that fear won’t divert the direction of the virus. We put our trust in our creator. We still smile if our earth time has come to the end because we will be happier when we come to our new place , the promised Land above .

Some may question why this new virus . As human beings , we can’t or won’t get all the answers we hope we can get. However, we know what we can do. Some might have to choose what the important thing in their life . For example, some will be reluctant to come to their happy place , to access their happy things. Some will choose to spend time with their beloved ones.

During this time of crisis, what is it that you think is the most important thing in your life ? What is it that you most afraid to lose ? Who do you trust during this time to protect your life ?