Weekly Word: The Secret Place

 The Secret Place

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under
the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge
and my fortress; my God in him will I trust." Psalm 91:1-2
Where is this place the Bible speaks of? Rather than a brick and
mortar fortress, I  believe the secret place of the Lord denotes a
spiritual rest made possible by our relationship with him. We are
saved. We are walking with God daily and becoming more like him
through the power of the Word. And by so doing, we become dwellers of
the secret place. From this place of refuge comes the bold faith
affirmation even in the midst of perils. "He is my refuge and my
fortress. My God, in Him will I trust.

Heavenly Father, you are our shield from the soul-destroying hurt and
harm this world gives. You are our sanity when life swirls around us
faster and faster, sucking us into a storm of conflicting ideas,
offering no peace. You are our confidence when we feel inadequate
because your strength surpasses all our weaknesses. We trust the
protection of your secret place. Amen.

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Weekly Word: Thanksgiving

 Weekly Word...

Thanksgiving 

    The Pilgrims were not the first people to have a thanksgiving celebration. Wampanoag Indians marked 6 thanksgiving festivals per year.

The first Christian thanksgiving was held in Texas on May 23rd, 1541 when Spanish Explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado found food, water, and pasture in the Panhandle.

August 9th, 1607 English settlers led by Capt. George Popham joined Abnaki Indians in Maine for a feast and prayer meeting.

December 4th, 1619 a group of 38 English settlers arrived at Berkeley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia. The group’s leader Capt. John Woodleaf declared a day of thanksgiving

      1620 marked the pilgrims of Plymouth Rock’s first winter. 1-3 people died every day in that first year until only 46 of the 102 that

landed remained. Squanto, an English-speaking member of the Wampanoag nation intervened by teaching the settlers everything he knew about survival. As a result, 1621 yielded the biggest harvest anyone had ever seen. The first thanksgiving of Native Americans and settlers was held to celebrate the “goodness of God” and to “after a special manner rejoice together.”

      This feast was not repeated yearly and it was not until December 18, 1777, that all of the then 13 colonies celebrated thanksgiving

together. October 3rd, 1863 marked the declaration of Thanksgiving Day as the 3rd Thursday in November by President Lincoln.

         In President Lincoln’s words of 1883. Let us truly :

“…Set apart and observe the last Thursday of November…as a day of

thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the

Heavens. And I recommend…that while offering up ascriptions justly due

to Him…they do also humble penitence for our national perverseness and

disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become

widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in this lamentable (war) in

which we are …engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the

Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as

soon as may be consistent with his Divine purposes to the full

enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility, and Union.”

Thanksgiving is not about the turkey or the feast; it’s always was, and always will be about God. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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 Weekly Word

        As we approach the most traveled season of the year, there is still much concern about the reported spike in the number of COVID-19 cases. Don’t forget, the function of the news media is to report the news; whatever they consider new or novel gets reported. It is not their job (unfortunately) to always report things in a balanced or impartial manner. So, what we do with the information we receive is entirely dependent on how much we are willing to believe without evidence. Before we panic, expecting a return of March 2020, let us look at what the CDC is saying.

        Yesterday November 13^th, Florida data reported to the Agency for Health Care Administration brought great news. Namely, the number of hospitalized COVID-19 positive patients is down more than 70 percent since July. This means there are currently 3,100 persons hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 and statewide, the positivity rate for new cases is 7.95 percent. The crux of the matter is, per the Department of Health “there has been a steady decline in the number of reported Florida resident deaths who were previously diagnosed with COVID-19. The second week of August compared to the second week of September shows a 74 percent decrease in the average number of reported COVID-19 related deaths.”

As of November 13, 870,552 individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 in Florida.

      As a health care professional, I am going to trust the reports from the CDC and the DOH far and above those of pundits and overall “talkers”, we see popping up all over the media. While the report is undoubtedly good news, we cannot drop our guard. The measures that have gotten us to these numbers must remain in place if we are to see a continued return to normalcy.  Social distancing, handwashing, wearing of protective equipment, and MASKS for every day outside interactions, are to be respected and stringently practiced. I can’t see taking measures to ensures one’s own health and safety (if not that of others) as an infringement on freedom or self-determination. Not from where I sit in the place where death by COVID is a grim reality.

So, my Weekly Word this week is simply Safety. Safety first, safety always.

 https://www.floridadisaster.org/news-media/news/20201112-florida-department-of-health-issues-daily-update-on-covid-192/