Sharon Lutheran Church recently issued the following announcement.
Sharon Lutheran Church,
Sunday July 12, 2020
Have you ever not thought about it? The demonic “Covid 19” virus is everywhere. People
are getting exposed to it constantly. Our only defense seems to be to protect ourselves by wearing
face mask coverings, washing our hands regularly, and socially distancing ourselves from others. They tell us that the virus travels on airborne moisture droplets that have an amazing life span and travel capability. Yet we can’t see this phenomenon and find it difficult to accept what the medical
scientists are telling us. It seems like society would just as soon discount it all and not bother with
the inconvenience of a protective discipline. To ignore it, we are engaging in a deadly game of “Russian Roulette.”
Have you ever witnessed how dust seems to collect on your polished dining room table?
We no sooner dusts off the living room furniture, but in hardly a day’s time, it needs dusting again.
No wonder there is a market for “dust wands” to pick up this dust quickly and easily. It’s just amazing
that there is so much dust in our midst.
Haven't you watched the sun shining through a window in a dark room, and it reveals the seemingly countless number of “minute particles” floating in the air? Yes, we breathe that stuff constantly. Dust settles on anything. If we disturb it, guess what, it can become airborne again and
the floating process repeats iself.
It’s a strange contrast to read in scripture that Jesus tells his disciples to “shake the dust off
of their feet” when they leave a location that rejects them. (Matthew 10:14) No wonder that Jesus invites us to follow “in his dust.” It goes everywhere and settles everywhere. The insight is not so much about what dust is but about what dust does. It's presence is constant. Like His disciples, we
are given the challenge to keep “stirring it up.”
If those with whom His disciples come in contact reject them, then don't just sit around and
let your efforts simply collect. Move on to the next challenge to “stir up the dust” of neglect, fear,
anger, indifference, and blame.
It seems to me that Christ's challenge to us is to “be everywhere—even though we may not be visible—like the dust all around us.” But once the Light of Christ shines on what we do as witnesses,
it becomes as clear as the sun rays shinning into a dark room that is teaming with dust. “Keep moving,” and don't allow the dust you disturb to settle down where it becomes visible only because it is just piling up and simply collecting.
Maybe us Christians could see ourselves as a good influence—virus if you will—that keeps us
spreading the positive, healing, and redeeming love to all around us and not just seen as piles of dust
that gather. Amen
by Dr. David P. Nelson
Original source can be found here.
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