1 Jesus came out from the temple and was going away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him. 2 And He said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.” 3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”4 And Jesus answered and said to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. Matthew 24:1-4 (NASB)
My brethren, stop, take a deep breath and take an honest look at what is going on all around us and what has been going on for last couple of years. My dear brethren, in 2019 I was in fantastic physical condition. I and a friend were all prepared to spend two weeks hiking and climbing mountains in Colorado that June. I spent over a year conditioning myself to be physically ready for it. I had all my gear ready….
I made the trip and actually had a great time, but we could not do any climbing because the snowpack on the higher peaks just would not thaw. I came home and processed a lot of great shots and posted them everywhere. Some of them I printed and they are on my walls here in my office. However, just a few months after that the company I worked for wanted me to go to Seattle for week for a Microsoft conference. I went. I had some very strange encounters on the streets while walking around with my camera. Guys would come up to me, total strangers, and start shouting at me like they had seen me there before and they resented me being back and this time I had that camera. I just could not understand it. I asked a few people around me what was going on and the only feedback I got was these must be homeless people. I was very glad to board that plane after the conference and get out of there. It was just a few weeks later that the BLM riots took place there with the rioters taking over the very parts of downtown Seattle where I had been walking through. I still can’t put all that together. Right after I got home my wife and I flew to D.C. to be with our son on Thanksgiving then we flew home that Sunday and I repacked my bags and Monday morning I went back to the airport to fly to Denver for a week of meetings there. When I flew home at the end of that week I was beat. I was sick and tired of traveling. I was more than tired of airports and hotels. When I got on the shuttle that took me to where my pickup was parked I told one of the other passengers that this was my last trip of the year and I was already celebrating. A month later I tested positive for Covid-19. It was no big deal. It was like a bad cold. I tested positive again a few months after that, same thing. I am pretty sure the first infection was probably due to my trip to Seattle. We had a luncheon the last day. At our table were 15 people or more from all over the world. it was very tight and crowded.