COVID-19 – Dean Riffs

All this social distancing we’re urged to do because of COVID-19 is like being trapped in a bizarre game of cooties – the adult edition.

Don’t touch anything or anyone but if you do, wash your hands before and after touching whatever it is you’ve touched – either accidentally or on purpose because – COVID cooties.

Keep a recommended six-foot distance from anyone else, and for heaven’s sake, DO NOT TOUCH YOUR FACE or you may, like Lot’s wife, turn into a pillar of salt.

Don’t get me wrong, the danger of COVID-19 transmissions is certainly real, but…I’m skeptical that the hysterical, hyperbolic daily reporting and projection of fatalities in the hundreds of thousands isn’t. But that’s a post for another day.

Today we want to share some thoughts about faith amidst all this fear, chaos and uncertainty.

As Christians, we are called upon to not only talk up our faith, but to live it in our daily lives. I Colossians 1:10 says we should bear fruit in every good work so we can grow in the knowledge of the Lord.

This “fruit” isn’t the oranges and bananas prompting all the handwashing mentioned earlier, but rather our attitude, our action and our approach with others.

We are to be examples for others in all things, including how we handle adversity like sickness, financial setbacks, career disappointments – even death.

As we are becoming painfully aware on a daily basis, COVID-19 can include all the above.

The COVID-19 virus understandably has millions of Americans worried, but if we as a nation panic and hyperventilate like the breathless media hopes we will because it makes good prime time footage, we aren’t properly living our faith in the God who loves us.

“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?” (Luke 12, 25-26 NIV)

In Isaiah 7:9 the prophet said, “If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.”

Now, today, this minute – is the time for all good Christian men and women to stand up for America by praying for our nation, its leaders, and those affected by the COVID-19 virus.

It is vital that as believers we stay calm and assure everyone we know that God is in charge and He is watching over all of us. If we confide our worries and put our trust in Him just as the Founding Fathers did in times of crisis, He will not abandon or forsake us.

God has never abandoned America and He’s not going to start now because of a new strain of respiratory virus.

That’s not the way our God rolls.

Thanks for reading Dean Riffs. Welcome to all those who love American liberty, free enterprise, and who believe God has blessed our country.

Sources: The Gateway Pundit, You Tube, Wall Builders

Photo source: Jakarta Times, Digital Learning Commons

MIDDLE EAST – In a surprising move to many, ISIS recently canceled the remainder of its jihadist season in the European League due to the coronavirus.

The Sunday Times of London reports that ISIS announced a ‘sharia’ directive at a hastily called press conference warning hundreds of its members about conducting terrorism activities throughout Europe during the coronavirus pandemic.

ISIS said it was taking the extreme step in order to protect its players and the league’s branding strategy of fear and chaos.

“The healthy should not enter the land of the epidemic,” ISIS League President Mohammad M Mohammed announced in somber tones.

President Mohammed also referred to COVID-19 as a “plague” and a “torment sent by Allah on whomsoever he wills, but especially infidels who don’t wash their hands and shamelessly touch their faces while playing Fortnite and binge watching Netflix movies.

In the sharia directive jihadists were instructed to wash their hands regularly and to cover their mouth when sneezing or yawning. There was no guidance about covering their faces since that’s a given when conducting terrorist activity.

When queried why jihadists seemingly willing to blow themselves up conducting acts of terrorism were afraid of germs and catching flu from Europeans, Mohammed quickly belittled the questioner.

“Not all soldiers of Allah blow themselves up,” he said vehemently. “Our team rosters also include brave men willing to use knives, automobiles and machetes against unsuspecting infidels.”

But Mohammed wasn’t through yet.

“Idiots! That’s your typical infidel stereotyping of our martyr-to-be Muslim youth,” he spat in disgust.

There followed an awkward moment before Mohammad Mohammed discretely withdrew a Lysol aerosol bottle from a pocket of his black Nike hoodie and sprayed disinfectant over his spittle before cautiously wiping it up.

“Apologies,” he muttered quietly. “You infidels drive me crazy.”

Thanks for reading Dean Riffs. Welcome to all those who love American liberty, free enterprise, and who believe God has blessed our country.

Photo source: Orange County Register, The Independent

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ISIS Cancels European Jihad Season

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