What it Really Means to Have ‘Faith Over Fear’
No, it doesn’t mean abandoning your common sense
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been seeing a number of reactions to the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the U.S. While things seem to be improving in countries like South Korea, the United States now leads the world in confirmed new cases.
People are torn on how to feel. How many of us are overestimating it? How many of us are underestimating it? Are all the circulating memes a sign of not taking things seriously, or is humor the only way most of us know how to cope with the hardship and uncertainty of what’s going on?
I’m a Christian; I hope that’s not news to my current readers given some of my previous content. And even for the Christian community, there is a divide in terms of how we should go about congregating during a time in which our meeting like usual would essentially be breaking the law.
There’s a term thrown around a lot, even more so than usual: Faith Over Fear. I exercise this philosophy, but it seems to me that not enough people —religious or not — hold a deep understanding of what that actually entails.
What ‘Faith over Fear’ Isn’t
Americans have been advised not to hold nor attend large in-person gatherings…
