{"id":3201,"date":"2020-03-29T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/?p=3201"},"modified":"2020-03-29T08:14:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T08:14:09","slug":"what-next-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/?p=3201","title":{"rendered":"What Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What Next?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, our preacher this\nmorning said that we are living in unprecedented times\u2026\u2026that simply means that\nwe are living in a time such as has never been seen before! In case you are\nwondering, no, we weren\u2019t at church, we were listening to him live streaming on\nthe computer while we sat at home on our own! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Perhaps\nthere have been other times when there were world wide plagues, but it has\nnever been so easy to keep track of how and where it has spread to,  as it is these days with all the TV coverage.\nI noticed yesterday on one of the maps they put up, that Africa hasn\u2019t got as\nmuch of it as Europe and the Asian continent have. In the large cities, it\nwould be very difficult to keep one\u2019s distance, and for anyone who has\ntravelled to the large cities and been on the underground trains where they\nliterally shove you in with their foot or arm so they can shut the doors, it is\nimpossible!!! So it is easy to see how the virus can spread so fast. I also\nseem to remember hearing that the virus doesn\u2019t like the heat so perhaps that\nis another reason why Africa is relatively clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Anyway, all our plans have been put on hold in this time of isolation as I guess all of yours have been. But at least we can still communicate by phone and emails\u2026I think we\u2019ve never had so many calls for a long time as we have since this isolation time began\u2026.people must be looking for something to do, so they ring up and have a talk!  Perhaps it just shows us that we have been too busy rushing here and rushing there to do that in the past!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I was thinking that as we have no control\nover the circumstances that overtake us at times such as this isolation time we\nare having now, but we certainly DO have control over how we are going to take\nit! Are we going to pout and complain about our plans put on hold, or are we\ngoing to take it cheerfully and look at all the blessings we DO have. Never\nhave we had so much spare time to  put\ninto all those little jobs we have promised to do when there is time! Nor have\nwe had as much time to get the garden fully weeded and in tip top order as we\nhave now. The only trouble is that we can\u2019t show it off to our friends!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

   So let\u2019s count our blessings rather than our\nproblems, and be thankful that we are keeping well enough to get on top of all\nthose jobs that have been put on the back burner for so long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Let\u2019s remember to keep a cheerful attitude and that giving praise to our Father in Heaven will ensure that we will keep on top of all the annoyances that come our way! O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our  salvation. Let us come into His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.   Psalm 95: 1-2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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