Information balance between Covid facts and faith

Ever since Covid19 news broke in January 2020, I have been monitoring the local and international news. Each morning we are tuned offline and online media to get the latest of what is happening. Currently, Philippines have 49 confirmed cases with 2 deaths.

I had to take a pause and pray. Am I filling my head with news and then be filled with anxiety? Am I facing this crisis with faith in Jesus?

Thankfully, I am reminded to open my bible, pray and also share to others that our God is bigger than any problems. I'm sure many are like me, bombarded with news that I tend to forget, how about the good news of Jesus?

I like this blog from a pastor in Italy. A godly perspective in a dark situation. I choose to balance my information intake.

Mark Oden said,

The story of the Bible is the story of a God who entered a world infected with this virus. He lived among sick people, not wearing a chemical protective suit but breathing the same air as we do, eating the same food as we do. He died in isolation, excluded from his people, seemingly far from his Father on a cross—all that he might provide this sick world with an antidote to the virus, that he might heal us and give us eternal life. Hear his words:

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25–26)

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/things-coronavirus-teach-us/

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