We live by faith, don’t we? And faith is being tested in ways we could have never imagined.
The every day reports about the coronavirus are frightening. Predictions as to the number of people who will die from the virus are unreal. We feel helpless and afraid.
Shall we live in the Village of Fear? Do we have to take up residence in the City of Hopelessness? Or, is there another way? Reflect on these words from author and theologian, Daniel Deutschlander:
For that is the essence of faith - that we take Christ at His Word. We really have been redeemed from sin, death and hell. We really are called to deny self in response to that good news. We really are called to follow Christ, carrying willingly, even joyfully, the cross He sends out of love for us.
The Theology of the Cross, page 89, Northwestern Publishing House
