Swine Flu Theology

Here is another post from the EA's Friday Night Theology blog worth reading. H1N1 "Swine flu" is gathering pace and regularly making the headlines as increasing numbers of people in the UK are infected, so this is a timely reminder of how Christians should responde to such situations.

Making Friends
The government advice includes people asking flu friends to collect medication and groceries to help those who fall sick whilst aiming to reduce further infection. (By practicing sensible personal hygiene like using disposable tissues and frequent hand washing). No doubt there will be some folks in every community who won't have family or close friends they can ask to help in this way. So one thing we Christians could do is to consider who we might be able to help in our neighbourhood particularly later in the year when the disease is likely to accellerate through autumn and into the winter.

Blessing others
Of course we should also be praying asking God to show us how to respond to this health challenge, as we do so we should ask Him to give us faith to respond in ways that will bless the communities we live in, and glorify His name. For some of us that might lead to us seeing people miraculously healed, for others it will open doors for us to show God's love in other practical ways. Whichever way Father leads lets do it for His glory!