Five years ago our nation was placed in “lockdown” because of Covid-19. That was before I started intentionally writing and posting daily devotions. However, I did post some of my thoughts on my personal Facebook page. This popped up in my memories from five years ago this week. I thought it worth sharing again:

Martin Luther (from the 1500’s)
Fom Luther’s Works, Volume 43, P. 132
In dealing with the Black Death Plague Martin Luther wrote:

“Therefore I shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I shall fumigate, help purify the air, administer medicine, and take it. I shall avoid places and persons where my presence is not needed in order not to become contaminated and thus perchance infect and pollute others, and so cause their death as a result of my negligence. If God should wish to take me, he will surely find me and I have done what he has expected of me and so I am not responsible for either my own death or the death of others. If my neighbor needs me, however, I shall not avoid place or person but will go freely, as stated above. See, this is such a God-fearing faith because it is neither brash nor foolhardy and does not tempt God.”

Five years later (or rather 500 years later), I believe this is still a good approach to take in our daily living. We are to put our confidence in the one who lived and died and rose again for us. Because of that, we should be His hands and feet and voice to share His love with the world around us.