PEOPLE STOUTHEARTED

The prophet --Isaiah 46:12—spoke about stouthearted people.

“Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness”.

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There are times and times. Joyful times when we forget all tragic or sad things and celebrate life, drink, dance, and sing with friends.

But there are other times, and the current time is one of those, in which exceptionally we find ourselves amid a pandemic. The terrible existence of a virus that has already affected millions of people throughout the planet and we continue counting those sick and those dead…

It is in circumstances really exceptional like this one when our hearts are submitted to test.

And the prophet says that those who are stouthearted are “far from the righteousness”, because they don’t do the just things.

What kind of person are you? Are you not only aware of the pandemic and its effects but even more, are you  able to show empathy and solidarity with people suffering, with people isolated, with people that have been for many months and continue in quarantine?

Is it possible or not for you to overcome differences or misunderstandings and to show sensibility and affection for someone who is keeping all possible care to avoid becoming a victim of the virus?

Bottom line: if –for example-- you demand from the politicians of your country to have mercy for the poor, but you do not have mercy for people you personally know; what kind of heart you have?

If you tell someone: "live according to your principles", but you are unable to put your principles in action in a time like this; what kind of person are you?

Explore your heart and realize if you are capable to be sensitive or not. If you just think about yourself and nothing else concerns you. If you can forget and throw to oblivion someone whom you know well, or if in these very special and risky times, you are capable to show at least an elemental sense of solidarity. Because that is what is expected from you; because that is the trust deposited on you.

Would you be capable to honor that trust or do you prefer to be “far from righteousness”?

Milton W. Hourcade