Let me begin like this...I am not a doctor. I do not play a doctor on tv. And I did not even stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Now that we've cleared that up, I wonder, if you and I were able to converse, what would you say your thoughts are about the Coronavirus shot? I'll give you my thoughts (but not all of them) and you can give them some consideration...or not.
I have not taken the shot. I never seriously considered taking the shot. And as of right now I have no intention of ever taking the shot. For me, the decision was then and is now an easy one. However, I am relatively young and healthy as far as I know, my extended family put no pressure on me either way, and I pastor a church as my profession so there was no danger of me jeopardizing my career or losing my livelihood. I know that everyone's circumstances are not like mine.
Having said that, some of the reasons that I rejected and still do reject this shot are:
By the time the shot was released for use, I didn't trust the public health officials. It was clear by that time that they had been lying about a number of things. There was no time for long-term studies and trials, so the potential long-term effects were largely unknown The Emergency Use Authorization granted blanket immunity to the shot manufacturers so there could be no recourse against them for any devastating outcomes The unsettling reality of the unfathomable amounts of money that the drug manufacturers were about to make sickened me The fact that cells of aborted people were used to assist in creating the shot was appalling I don't like to be told what to do. Especially by a God-hating government. The constant barrage of fear being aimed at the elderly and the ill seemed to be unnecessarily reckless, or worse, intentionally manipulative, which angered me to no end Once I gained a minimal understanding of mRNA technology and the unpredictability of it, I didn't want it in my body After all the years of knowing what a vaccine is, the CDC changed the definition of the term "vaccine" in order to accomodate this particular shot I decided that if something was going to injure me, I preferred that it be something that attacked me rather than something that I intentionally put into me COVID seemed to be a pretty low-risk disease for me And currently, at this point in the game, seemingly young and very healthy people are developing serious heart conditions and are suddenly dying in rates that have never before been seen. And precious few people in leadership are willing to even acknowledge this reality and certainly will not engage these facts. There are other things I could say, but that's enough for now. What are the reasons you decided to do what you did?
For me as the leader of my house and the one responsible for my family, to boil it all down, I was blessed with a tremendous peace through it all. After giving the situation some thought and prayer, I was not anxious, but instead God granted me sleep. It truly was for me as Solomon said, "...He gives His beloved sleep" (Psalm 127:2). So, I moved ahead with my choice, and I slept.
In light of this topic, I'd like to exhort us all, the next time something nerve-wracking comes along (and it will), first seek God's peace. Go to Him in prayer and through His Word. If needed, seek the counsel of wise and measured Christ-followers who have proven to be faithful to Him over time. Then, don't move ahead until God has given you peace. Refuse to be afraid. Just look to Him and...wait.
Psalm 123:1-2 - "To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he has mercy upon us."
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