{"id":1004,"date":"2022-07-02T20:42:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T20:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=1004"},"modified":"2022-07-02T20:42:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T20:42:13","slug":"covid-not-if-but-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=1004","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCovid? Not If, But When\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Absorbing God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.\u201d Isaiah 41:10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Applying God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 18th, while visiting family in Palm Desert California, Louise and I came down with Covid. We knew that eventually we would get Covid\u2026it wasn\u2019t a matter of if, but when. As precautions over the last two years we\u2019ve traveled with test kits, a nebulizer, prescriptions for Azithromycin and our doctor\u2019s contact information.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our first indications were runny noses, scratchy throats, and congestion. We both tested positive and immediately contacted our doctor in the Bay Area. He called in a prescription of Paxlovid for each of us, which we began taking the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We hunkered down at a Marriott resort for the next seven days. Our symptoms never progressed further; however, we were extremely fatigued. Everything we ate tasted like metal, but we forced ourselves to eat and stay hydrated. We slept a lot and we prayed. We returned home on Saturday the 25<sup>th <\/sup>and both of us tested negative eleven days after our first symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We never experienced fear or discouragement. We developed a heightened awareness of God\u2019s strength, love, and mercy.&nbsp;Blessed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accounting of God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When have I allowed God to be my strength and help recently?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God\u2019s Word \u201cSo do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.\u201d Isaiah 41:10 Applying &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=1004\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-of-the-bible"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}