Saturday, June 27, 2020

June 27 – “Corona or Gorilla?”


It has arrived.  That ominous, yellow cloud of eeriness that floats across oceans and continents, seeking unsuspecting victims to engulf with the creepy claws of its respiratory nightmares.  None other than the traveling Gorilla Sandstorm of the Sahara Desert has made its official appearance, not only into the confines of North America, but right into our back yard here on the Island.  It hangs, just hangs over our heads, obscuring views of the Bay and of the tops of Galveston’s rather short skyscrapers.  Well, actually we only have one of those.  But you certainly couldn’t see the top of the American National Insurance Company building.  And as you drove around town, you could even hear the tiny specks of sand crashing into the windshield.  It is indeed a veritable nightmare for sufferers of respiratory issues from severe COPD to minor allergies.  But perhaps the worst part of it all … now people have to ponder the answer to that fateful question every time they hear a sneeze.  “Is it Corona or Gorilla?”

Speaking of Corona, Chris went to UTMB to have her required Corona test yesterday.  Come to find out, it is now required protocol for anyone having a surgical-type procedure to also have the testing.  It was a fast-track test, so we got the results back within a few hours.  Drumroll here … She is negative.   All is good for her shot in the back procedure on Monday.  But here’s the other issue.  Since she had the test yesterday, she has to essentially quarantine all the way up until the procedure to make sure she doesn’t catch it.  There goes our planned mini-trip this weekend.  Kel is preaching for me tomorrow already, so our quarantine will even include church.  Oh well.  It’s not like we haven’t been quarantining already … for four months.

1 Corinthians 3:19 says, “For the wisdom of the world is foolishness in God’s sight.  As it is written, ‘He catches the wise in their craftiness.’”

Father, thank you for the good result on Chris’ test.  We now pray for some good results on the procedure Monday. Amen.

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