Covid Vacs Fear

 What is worse the virus or the cure?

So over the past two months I have had at least three people close to me have negative reactions to the Covid vaccination.  The first was a father in law over 80 who 24 hours after the shot one side of his face became swollen and it worked its way down his neck over the next few days.  It took several weeks of antibiotics to get rid of the infection.  He later refused the second shot and the nurse told him it was probably fine and that one shot would probably be enough in his case.

Then a male friend in his 50s who drives bus for a west coast city got the vacs and a few days later he developed an eye infection.  He got medication from the doctor and ended up having several more cases of eye infections over the following weeks.  Then one day while driving in his car his peripheral vision began having flashing leaf like floaters appear.  After a few minutes it went away and though he was startled he let it slip from concern until a few days later while driving the city bus it happened again.  This time it shook him up enough to go see his doctor.  The doctor said it likely had nothing to do with the Covid vacs and said the symptoms were similar to what some people have while having migraine headaches.  My friend has never had any of these things before.

Now another male friend of mine in his 50s got the vacs about two months ago.  Within a week he developed a lump in his groin.  Likely this is a swollen lymph node.  However two months later and he still has the lump and he is being monitored.

Well I guess it is no concern unless it is you who is having some weird reaction, right.  Even some big names like Eric Clapton have spoken out after having some terrible reactions to the vaccination.  After a bad reaction twice he refused to get the recommended booster shot.  For weeks he thought he would never be able to play the guitar again because of what it did to his hands.

May God protect us from this insanity.

Before the Gutenberg Bible

First Bible printed on a printing press 1454

We live in a day and age when the Bible is available in dozens of English versions and hundreds of  other languages, on our cell phone apps and every computer.  Only a generation ago there were just a few English translations and only a few hundred years before that if you did not read Greek, or Latin you were sad out of luck. It was not long ago when there might be one bible for a given church.  Large churches had visual images covering the walls and stained glass windows telling bible stories.  Later it was considered a special blessing if one had a family bible. Today in spite of biblical knowledge being available at the click of a mouse many people are quite ignorant of its message and when directed to it they are often touched on the raw.

For some however ones righteousness is almost gauged by how many times one has read the bible through and through, and how many verses one has captured to memory.  This self righteousness implies that the God cannot speak to man outside of a cerebral approach.  Before the printed page was simple human communication where people shared their understanding face to face, and talked to God in prayer for understanding.  If all of our digital and printed pages were to disappear God would still be able to communicate with his creation if only we would listen.