(Sorry to post again so quickly, but things are changing rapidly, albeit not so fast in Malawi).
One of the many blessings of our current world situation is the profusion of amazing videos trying to make sense of the crisis we are in – I tried to hint at this in my last post although the feedback I have had was that it was too obscure! So here are two amazing messages, the first explaining how we have got in this state/ got COVID19 (not devised in some Chinese laboratory):
See https://www.facebook.com/probablytomfoolery/videos/925284527912453/
“Tell me the one about the virus again, then I’ll go to bed”.
“But my boy you’re growing weary, sleepy thoughts about your head.”
“Please, that one’s my favorite, I promise, just once more”
“Okay. Snuggle down my boy, although I know you know full well
This story starts before then, in a world I once would dwell
It was a world of waste and wonder, of poverty and plenty
Back before we understood why hindsight’s 2020.
You see the people came up with companies to trade across all lands
But they swelled and got much bigger than we ever could have planned
We’d always had our wants, but now it got so quick
You could have anything you dreamed of, in a day and with a click.

We noticed families had stopped talking; that’s not to say they never spoke
But the meaning must have melted, and the work life balance broke
An d the children’s eyes grew squarer and every toddler had a phone
They filtered out the imperfections, but amidst the noise they felt alone.
And every day the skies grew thicker till you couldnt see the stars
So we flew in planes to find them while down below, we filled our cars
We’d drive around all day in circles: we’d forgotten how to run
We swapped the grass for tarmac, shrunk the parks till there were none.
We filled the sea with plastic because our waste was never capped
Until each day when you went fishing, you’d pull them out already wrapped
And while we drank, and smoked, and gambled, our leaders taught us why
It’s best not to upset the lobbies, more convenient to die.
But then in 2020, a new virus came our way
The governments reacted and told us all to hide away
But while we all were hidden, amidst the fear and all the while
The people dusted off their instincts. They remembered how to smile.
They started clapping to say “Thank you”, and calling up their Mums
And while the car keys gathered dust, they would look forward to their runs.
And with the skies less full of voyagers, the earth began to breathe
and the beaches bore new wild life that scuttled off into the seas.
Some people started dancing, some were singing, some were baking
We’d grown so used to bad news but some good news was in the making
And so when we found the cure and were allowed to go outside
We all preferred the world we found to the one we’d left behind.
Old habits became extinct and they made way for the new
And every simple act of kindness was now given its due.”
“But why did it take a virus to bring the people back together?”
“Well, sometimes you’ve got to get sick, my boy, before you start feeling better
Now lie down and dream of tomorrow and all the things we can do
And who knows if you dream hard enough, maybe some of them will come true
We now call it the Great Realisation. And yes, since then there have been many
But that’s the story of how it started and why hindsight’s 2020”
The second message is a powerful message of hope in The Blessing UK (originally The Blessing in America):
See https://youtu.be/PUtll3mNj5U
The Lord bless you
And keep you
Make His face shine upon you
And be gracious to you
The Lord turn His
Face toward you
And give you peace
May His favor be upon you
And a thousand generations
And your family and your children
And their children, and their children
May His presence go before you
And behind you, and beside you
All around you, and within you
He is with you, He is with you
In the morning, in the evening
In your coming, and your going
In your weeping, and rejoicing
He is for you, He is for you
He is for you, He is for you
He is for you, He is for you
He is for you, He is for you
This is TRUE – He is for YOU, turn to God.