When I wrote the title for this article, I was thinking should I write the more familiar phrase, Soldier of the Cross or The Warrior one? I decided on the Warrior because of what I want to say in this essay, seeing that warrior depicts a fighting man of a more independent nature, not someone that necessarily follows the lead or command of an higher officer, but one that works and operates on his or her own initiative, more or less a maverick.

The Shaker communities all died out because they did not allow marriages or births, and only one out of ten children who were brought in by their parents remained in the Shaker religion. Yet some of the other religious denominational oddities of the period are still with us today, shaking the foundations of Christian belief with their disparate and extra-biblical teachings.

If any of us were involved in those jobs, we would hope that everyone would recognize our efforts. How must our Lord feel when he has taken the burden of all of our sins on himself and died a gruesome death on the Cross for us? Can we clap for the Lord?

This period of time (April/May 2020), is such that we are unable to congregate with others in groups larger than two or three, unless we have several children. However, for the most part, we are not gathering in His Name, our Lord Jesus Christ. For by and large, we have abandoned Him and in many cases have never known Him. We do not even ask Him for mercy and forgiveness, that we may have this current plague taken from us.

We are living in very turbulent times and there is much uncertainty in how this COVID-19 crisis will continue. Will it end abruptly, or will there be a second or even third wave we don’t know. Many worldly things are being affected by this virus, but one thing we do know for sure is that Jesus’ last words to His disciples were that He would always be with them.