Your Dying Spouse 747 - Pandemic Revival

There is a God

or

there is not a God.

I believe in God

or

I do not believe in God.

These, the boundaries of Pascal's Wager.

If there is no God, what I believe is irrelevant.

If there is a God, if I believe in Him, I'm saved.

If there is a God and I don't believe  in Him, I'm screwed.

The smart money is therefor on belief.

And that's where a lot of people are going in these days of COVID-19, but they're missing a certain and vital point...namely, it's not just about belief.

It's about the ransom in blood that was paid to save us.

Don't, for Pete's sake (who's Pete, anyway?) discourage an unformed belief in friends or relatives...it's a starting point.

Do give instruction, when the crisis has passed.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: [20] Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.

Matthew 28:19-20 (KJV)

It seems that this pandemic's caused

a kind of new revival;

people see that life is paused,

and focus on survival.

As sign, it is encouraging,

but we must not forget

that revival's not faith-foraging,

nor is it Pascal's bet.

It's wrong to put your trust in God

as something like insurance;

the holy roadm ust be trod

with devotion and endurance,

and the knowing that it all begins

with the ransom paid for our sins.

This sonnet first appeared as a comment on Debi Walters' wonderful blog, The Romantic Vineyard, on April 14, 2020

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