God Help Us-Coronavirus Pandemic and Social Ills Affecting Happiness Levels

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic, followed by civil unrest, caused by the senseless death of George Floyd, is taking a toll on the American psyche.   According to studies people in the U.S. are more unhappy today than they've been in nearly 50 years. We are living through strange times. Things are out of whack. Just going to a store requires planning, strategy and some level of anxiety as you have to wonder if the person next to you coughs, will you get sick. Or even die.
2020 was suppose to be the start of a new promising decade, and then the unimaginable happened. Bill Gates and others predicted it, but no one planned for it. Just like that, out of nowhere, a pandemic, followed by civil unrest and a reckoning with racial injustice.
Life is fragile. There are no guarantees.
But when things get better, whenever that is, I'm sure they'll find that people who prayed, who stayed connected to their faith, who gained strength and courage from their faith, will have faired better. That's always the case.
What is God thinking? Who can know the mind of God? No one of course. But I imagine God is thinking that we've gotten ourselves into a big mess. We were underprepared and careless and even now are not doing enough to stop the pandemic. We have taken too long to heed Jesus' words and put them into practice about loving our neighbor as ourself. We are all children of God and deserve to be treated with respect and given opportunities for growth. All the world's major religions teach that you should, "Do unto others as you would have them do onto you." The Golden Rule.
Lord we need your help. Send your mercy upon us ASAP.
NJA