Shopping

I had so much food left from the trailer tear down that I haven’t had to go to the grocery store for quite a while.  Yesterday we went.  Our friend Awesome Audrey, as we call her, sent us a Food City gift card!  It’s so much fun to go grocery shopping when you don’t feel like you are spending money, even though SOMEONE had to spend money!  (Thank you Awesome!)

I couldn’t believe all the parking lots at the stores!  They were so full we had to drive around a bit to find a parking spot!  I went into a couple of stores and ended up putting my items back because the lines were so long and I didn’t want to stand in them.

We knew the interstate would be crowded so we took a back road to West Town.  It’s the road that goes by the old mental institution that we called Lyons View when I was a girl. It’s on Lyons View Pike.  Now that property is a beautiful park.  We pulled off and drove around the grounds.  It has several walking trails so we are going back soon and walk it.  The drive out was relaxing so I wasn’t prepared for all the crowds in the stores!

My question is, are we more susceptible to COVID when we are in church?  I pray for our preacher Paul and his wife Charity, every day.  I am so afraid they are going to get discouraged.  We only had about 20 in church Sunday and for prayer meeting Sunday night, only 4. 

 Tommy is currently working on a sermon about being careful about distancing ourselves from others.  I am not saying be stupid, but I guess my question comes back to “why should we stay away from church gatherings, but not be one bit afraid to go into a crowded store where no one is social distancing?”

  They say you have to stay 6 feet apart, but no one does.  They have lines on the floor at the checkout where you are supposed to stand, but no one does.  I see clerks working with masks around their chins, and customers walking around the same way. 

None of this bothers me, because I don’t wear a mask and haven’t from the beginning.  What bothers me is the church building sits empty while Walmart and Kroger and Food City and Hobby Lobby and Home Depot and Lowe’s, look like a bee hive in the middle of summer.

Just some food for thought.