Be Still

So, another week gone. It’s getting less frantic at work and I think I can say with full confidence that the lockdown is pretty much over. If there is no announcement of its end, phased or otherwise, in the coming week, well, you can colour me astonished. AlaraApothecary: we bring good tidings of great joy. It was great to have yesterday off, and it struck me that for most people the weekend is no longer ‘a thing’. Everyday is like the one that passed before it – the wisdom of the establishing ‘a sabbath’ makes sense more than ever. It saves us from our companies working us to death in the chase for the almighty dollar, euro, yen, yuan, whatever.

It’s nice to see people slowly becoming less fearful – whether you catch a virus or not, fear is always a complete hindrance. A lot of people have been telling me that they’ve been looking over their lives and grading themselves. I needn’t bother with that – I’m such a slacker that my grade is always ‘could do better’. Would that I felt bad about it as well! Unfortunately, I always let myself off with ‘time served’. I have been doing some reflecting in my lackadaisical fashion and I know I definitely take just about everything for granted, just going through life in a little ‘blessed bubble’ irrespective of what is happening. Must try harder. Today’s images are all about God’s creation, as opposed to my usual selection of shiny man-made baubles. Covid-19 madness has moved the focus from what I aim to achieve here (AlaraApothecary taking over Google 🙂 ), to what happens next. Even if I buy out Google, I won’t live forever. So, what happens next? The truth of the matter is that being a spoilt brat, I tend to think of God more as Father than as ‘God’ and I suspect that balance is askew and I shall be addressing it with His help. My prayer and desire for all of us is that we all find our way and our purpose.

Churches are still closed so my word for all readers today is from Ps 46: ‘Be still, and know that I am God’. No need to be afraid, no need to fret. It’s all under control. Apropos which, what do you think of NDEs? They’ve always fascinated me and I’m really looking forward to getting to heaven when I will know for sure (no sneering at the back, it’s not based on my merit, thank God! ) I found the video below while watching stuff on Youtube. I’d love to hear what you think – keep it clean….. 🙂 Have a blessed week, and see you on the other side of the lockdown by God’s grace. Pip pip.