PandaBaby is True Fiction.

Welcome to my Pandababy Blog. A panda bear is an unlikely animal - a bear that eats bamboo - a contradiction in every aspect. This blog is true fiction, also a contradiction in its essence. Yet both are real, both exist - the bear and the blog. Both can only be described by contradictory terms, such as true fiction. Please be pleased to enjoy these stories of our ancestors. They are True Fiction. Every person in my blog lived in the time and place indicated. They are my ancestors and relatives, and their friends.

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Martin Luther on plague and Christianity

NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN -  The words below were written by the great reformer,  in 1527 when his world was struggling to survive the Black Death plague.  Great advise even now… 

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 “Therefore, I shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I shall fumigate, help purify the air, administer medicine, and take it. I shall avoid places and persons where my presence is not needed in order not to become contaminated and thus perchance infect and pollute others, and so cause their death as a result of my negligence.

If God should wish to take me, he will surely find me, and I have done what he has expected of me and so I am not responsible for either my own death or the death of others. If my neighbor needs me, however, I shall not avoid place or person but will go freely, as stated above. See, this is such a God-fearing faith because it is neither brash nor foolhardy and does not tempt God.”


(Source: Estacada First Baptist Church )

1 comment:

GoldiBear said...

This is a beautiful and timely reminder to those, especially Christians, who would "put God to the test". I hope that it is read by many. It might be good to add as a comment to Addie's Facebook account, since I think a lot of her church friends would read it. You could put it gracefully to her, as not intended to contradict her opinion, but just to offer another opinion as to how Christians might respond to the current pandemic - with meekness and courage!