COVID deaths and God’s 'plan for my life'
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COVID deaths and God’s 'plan for my life'
COVID deaths and God’s 'plan for my life'
| Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Courtesy of F. LaGard Smith
With well over 300,000 Americans having now died of COVID-related illnesses, virtually all of us have been touched in some way. What’s most striking about COVID-19 is its sheer unpredictability, including who it claims as victims, how one gets it, and why it affects people in so many different ways — especially those who die and those who don’t. “Underlying conditions” don’t seem to be the only deciding factor between life and death, nor solely age, and — despite disparate ratios — not even race. All of which focuses the spotlight on two questions regarding conventional wisdom among believers.