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Going Back to Normal

From Brazil to Michigan people want the same thing, they want to return to Normal. I believe that the point is missed. We don't have a normal. My normal is not yours and vs versa. I might pop into your world and be totally lost and I believe that you popping into my world would be a big shock. 

So what did we really want from this year of 2021? I'm guessing here on your behalf so bear with me. 

Trump won the election to give us another four years of "breathing room". Covid lost its potency and everyone has returned to work and school. Trump declared the only war announced during his two terms and that war came on two fronts, Antifa and border control. Like his control of terrorism in the Middle East, the war is being won slowly but surely. The work force is strong and the economy is booming. 

Was that close to your idea of normal? That is what I thought we'd be looking at right now on this March morning 2021. However, most of the above "normal" is just a dream. 

Put the Brazilian twist into your normal mix and I could add that we expected to be in construction and well on our way to our 5th church plant. Again, this hasn't happened and we are staring at another two weeks total shut down. 

We all have our theories and ideas about what happened and what is going to happen in the coming days. These speculations most often stoke the discussion with what seems to be high octane rocket fuel. Voices get louder and eyes and neck veins bulge. This my friend, is the new normal. Or at least a part of it. The other new normal is very apt to include religious persecution. 

Where did that come from? Tolerance of each and all types of beliefs and aberrant behaviors are already hitting the proverbial fan with half girls wanting to wrestle, run and play with whole girls. The current administration wants "equal rights" for all such life-styles. If you believe that God abhors such perversions then it will be you and your church that will be on the wrong side of the law. Your prejudice will cause you big problems. Obeying the law will fly in the face of your biblical principals. And it will be sheep and goat time (see Matthew 25). 

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