Swine Fever

"And the Lord spoke to David's seer, saying, Go and say to David, 'Thus says the Lord, Three things I offer you; choose one of them,that I may do it to you.' So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Choose what you will: either three years of famine, or three months of devastation by your foes while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of the Lord, pestilence on the land, with the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.' Now decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me." Then David said to God, 'I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of men."....So the Lord sent a pestilence on Israel...

Susanna has asked me whether or not I fear Swine Fever, and I find I do not...If things began to escalate, of course, I would be concerned like any other wife/mother/grandmother...What this shows me, though, is that my fears are not centered around illness and natural disasters. Rather, it is the human heart, and the possibility of its unleashed evil that converted me, and continues to be the source of any nightmares I succumb to. Thanks for the question, Susanna. It showed me something about myself which can be helpful to me!