One phone call that’s all it took to turn my world upside down. It’s been a while since I had contact with my granddaughter and given the chance, I took every advantage of the opportunity. I loved on her so much I didn’t want to let her go. It was so touching to my soul to see her all grown up and now a teenager, “thank you Lord!“ My granddaughter and her mother side of her family doesn’t believe in the Covid-19 vaccine and are not vaccinated. After spending the day with my granddaughter, I traveled back home feeling like I’ve just won the lottery. The next morning my husband received a important phone call from his boss informing him a Covid-19 breakout at the workplace and we all have to get tested. No ones allowed to return to work without being tested. Even though we’re double vaccinated we still have to be tested as to not spread the Covid to others who might not have received or refuse to have gotten the vaccine. You could just imagine my cry and my fear for my granddaughter who hasn’t yet been the vaccinated. I had spoken to her about the importance of getting the vaccine and it’s not a conspiracy. And look what’s now taking place.

The thought of having to back track to every place and person we were in contact with in the last few days, on a long weekend; everyone was out and about like us, travelling long distance. My greatest concern was for my granddaughter whom every moment I hugged and kiss on her, even shared my food with her from mouth to mouth, feeling so good because at least I am double vaccinated and take all necessary precautions to be safe to finally get to see and be around her. The thought of being responsible for her getting Covid was devastating to me.

I thought getting the vaccine would solve the pandemic wows where I was concerned. I was doing my part in making the word a better place not just for the sake of loved ones and myself, but for all of humanity, especially those for whatever the reason maybe can’t be vaccinated. But then it hit me as I entered into the testing center and saw the children and their parents of all nationalities, religions, languages, that we can’t be selfish this disease is affecting the entire world and it doesn’t discriminate. I began to weep and said “Lord have mercy on us all?”

I have spoken to someone who has chosen not to be vaccinated about my concerns for all of them who has chosen not to be. I told the person my fears of being some how responsible if I were to be the one to infect them with the virus how much it would bother me, as I definitely would feel hurt and responsible. As Jesus has spoken on the cross, “ forgive them father for they know not what they do!” It is with mercy, love and compassion as following Christ. If I were to not care about others as I do myself, then I would be breaking the very law of the kingdom. A kingdom I had chosen to be baptized and forsaken the things of world to be apart of, the devil is a liar to be and do otherwise. The person said to me, “if we choose not to be vaccinated then it’s really honestly on us, because we’re not going to be force to.” And I was filled with much sorrow, recognizing for the first time in my life how many times God himself must have been extending His merciful hands to us humans for our own well being and we fight against Him, with our ignorance, selfish righteousness and conspiracy theories.

Selfish, that what I would call anyone who thinks only of themselves. We live in a word that together we all have to come together and stand in times of need especially when it comes to something so serious as a pandemic that is affecting us all. Now is not the time for one man to be an Island all by themselves. Unity, it takes nothing but unity to overcome a giant like this pandemic. Being selfish is not helpful at all, it is one of the many lessons we all are learning from this pandemic.

I’ve realized as I’ve gotten older when Jesus said the second greatest commandment of God, “love your neighbour as yourself” is because we are like mirror images of one another with our strength and weaknesses, in other words our imperfections, which is self. Love is God image within us to make us unified as one with him. God is love!