As in the Days of Noah......

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?....But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well (Matt. 6:27, 33).

In a time of Covid 19, it would seem that these words would assume paramount importance.  Our lives have changed.  No longer can we chase after "reaping and storing in barns," or "worrying about clothes," etc.  People cannot work; students cannot attend school.  What can we do?  Some look for ways to amuse themselves, but across the nation, we see millions of people turning to "seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness."

College students freed from their studies have organized ways to transport food from farms to cities, to feed those who are hungry and who cannot afford to buy food.  Small children have made bracelets to raise money to buy masks to protect lives.  Nurses and doctors have come out of retirement to help understaffed hospitals, working hour after hour to the point of exhaustion.

In the days after Katrina, I saw my entire world divided into light and dark:  there were those looting and shooting, taking advantage of the chaos that reigned in the city of New Orleans. And there were those who immediately went to work commandeering small boats and large trucks to rescue those abandoned on bridges, overpasses, and housetops.  When the world is turned upside down, there will always be Noahs who arrive with home-made Arks to rescue those who are drowning, and there will be those who are partying and laughing until the last moment before the flood washes over them.

Jesus said, "For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away.  That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left....Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?"

A time like this of chaos and confusion tends to divide the whole world into two camps --- those who will add to the darkness and those who will bring whatever light (righteousness) they can to the situation.