Last week I tested positive for Covid-19.
It seems that the omicron variant finally caught up with me, as it’s done with tons of other people. I experienced covid like a really bad cold, and spent last weekend on the couch watching football (my wife quipped—not that different from most weekends). Today I feel mostly recovered, just a bit wrung out. Another weekend of football should polish off the lingering effects of this virus.
The opening words of King David in Psalm 4 spoke to me in the midst of my illness:
Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
Relief from my distress sounded pretty good, and this with a covid experience milder and less tragic than many others around the world. It’s nice to know that I can breathe and pray, and the Lord hears.
David closes with a thought appropriate to these days of pandemic. While we continue to invest in safety protocols, and in vaccines and boosters (I have had both), a simple virus eludes our best efforts to squelch it. David reminds us who remains in ultimate control:
In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.
Thank you, Lord, for modern medicine and for your hand of peace in my life.
Psalm 4 in reading the Bible cover to cover in 2022
Photo by Giorgio Trovato
Thanks for sharing your covid experience, David. Here in Perth, we’re nervously waiting for our borders to open on Feb 5 and expect covid to finally hit us then.
I am so glad you are better. How is Dawn?
Dawn is symptom-free, and at this point it’s been long enough that it looks like she missed it. Thankful for that.