AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on May 26 issued a proclamation giving the green light to more services and activities in a second phase of the state’s plan to reopen from mandatory pandemic closures.
Life in quarantine has made us all feel like orphans, to one degree or another. We stay at home. We avoid crowds to reduce the risk of either catching the virus or infecting other people. Many of us are dealing with feelings of isolation, depression, boredom, and hopelessness. Lack of social contact and interaction has made us feel, well…alone. We let fear and impatience get a toehold on us. We can even begin to question the God who loves us, Who made us, who promises that he hears the cries from His children, Who promises to deliver us from our sin and suffering… to always be there.
Genesis 42:21, Then they said to one another, “We are truly guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we would not listen, therefore this distress has come upon us.”
One of the few good things to come out of the government-mandated shutdown is that many parents have started homeschooling their children. Many of these parents are likely to continue homeschooling after the government schools reopen.
When the Soviet Union fell apart, quite a few new fledgling democracies were born. Mongolia was one of them (just north of a second Mongolia connected to northern China). The new democratic Mongolia has recently experienced some really rough weather (with winter temperatures dropping to fifty below and killing the nomads’ sheep and goats. As a result, many former herdsmen have moved into town and sought employment with the help of government. China has been quick to step in and offer loans to the government. Why? Because Mongolia produces gold, copper, the materials from which new batteries are made (lithium), uranium, and huge amounts of coal. China has been scalping the Mongolians, and many of their nomads are concerned that Chinese coal trucks will destroy their pasture.
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