A friend of mine wrote recently:

I did the math. Based on cases and population, not even 0.009% of the country has the Corona Virus. Also, based on the numbers, you’re 120 times more likely to die in a car crash than from Corona using the current death total.

Really? That’s kind of like looking at the thermometer recently, when it was 55 degrees here in Monument, Colorado, and saying, “There can’t be a blizzard coming tomorrow. Look at the weather today!” (We got 8 inches of snow the next day, as predicted.)

I told him his math was flawed and asked him to read the articles cited in my March 15 blog. And, no, I’m not coming over for a visit!

There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death. (Proverbs 16.25, NIV)

This is America. We all like to have our own ideas, and some people believe that their often uninformed ideas are as good as anyone else’s. Maybe it’s a good time to practice basic Biblical submission:

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. (Romans 13.1, ESV)

Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors… Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor. (1 Peter 2.13 – 17, ESV)