Day Forty Two! Stimulating?

Day 42 of the fun and laughs has arrived.  Stimulus checks have begun being issued.   I did my part to help stimulate the economy at a local hamburger stand by indulging in this wonderful cheeseburger.  Thankfully most restaurants and such have been allowed to continue during all the madness.  To me there is nothing tastier than local food stands or restaurants, compared to the national chains.  In times like this……Wait, times like this, what does that mean?  There has never been a time like this.   A time where the government shuts downs certain businesses for the public good, while big box stores are allowed to remain open.  The smaller stores, who are not essential, are forced to shudder until the government tells them they can open again.  Hopefully that will be very soon.  It seems to me a store with an occupancy of 30, that is half full, poses less danger than a big box store with 100 people inside, but, maybe it is just me.  Back to my point on local businesses.  The local food places are allowed to stay open, so hopefully they will survive the restrictions on their business.  But the local ma and pa stores, that have had to shudder for 6 weeks or so, they may not survive all this.  And that will be tragic if good people lose their business because they had to shut down because of staying open was perceived as a threat to the public good.

As the economy begins to open back up, ever so slowly, it will be interesting to see how different things will be.  When we eat out and sit down at a restaurant again how will seating change.  When we get a haircut, will the barber or stylist be in a haz mat suit?  Will the swimming pools be allowed to open, anywhere?  What about water parks and amusement parks?  An empty pool during the summer will be but a sad metaphor of the stifling the ability to swim in America and tread the waters of freedom.  And most important, the return to places of worship.  For me that would be church.  My church has a very large membership, with multiple services.  I enjoy going to what is called The Venue service, with more contemporary type singing, songs you might hear on KLOVE.  But it will be interesting to see how social distancing will be handled.  Hopefully soon questions will be answered, and there won’t be attendance guidelines set by governing authorities.

This is the day that the Lord has made;
    let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24 ESV