"THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC!" is a great acronym for Think, Health, Education, Commitment, Observe, Results, Opportunities, Numbers, Attitude, Victory, Integrity, Reach, Understand, System, Plan, Ask, News, Discipline, Empower, Multiply, Innovation, Co-operation and ! - Represents Thinking Out of The Box!.
Think - The coronavirus pandemic is a great wake-up call for people to think!
When Dr. Albert Shweitzer, the Nobel Laurette, was asked by a journalist when he was in London, what's wrong with man today, he paused a moment and answered, "Man simply don't think."
We have to place people first before the money. We know for a fact that many world leaders and business leaders have placed money, political reasons, connections, and selfish interests before people! This is in the case of cigarette smoking. Tobacco kills 100 million people in the 20th Century, which is one million people a year or 2,739 people in a day!
This man-made evil is a pandemic because if present trend continues, it will kill 1 billion people in the 21st Century, which is 10 million people a year or 27,390 people a day!
We must take drastic actions fast! The coronavirus must be contained at all costs and actions must be taken fast!
Health - Again the coronavirus pandemic is a wake-up call that health is your greatest wealth! We must value our precious health.
Cigarette smokers are sad cases of people not being socially responsible by continuing to smoke and not seeking professional help when they know it is an addiction!
Cigarette smokers must do soul searching on if they really love their loved ones and friends knowing that their cigarette will weaken their immunes systems and kill them! Your immune system is the first and last defense against viruses and bacteria.
Are we investing enough for our health care systems and infrastructures? Are we well prepared for the next pandemic? Have we learned our lessons from the previous pandemics?
Education - We must understand these important words, "Being Socially Responsible" and "Cleanliness and Personal Hygiene", "Protective Gear and Masks", and "Taking Health Supplements To Strengthen Our Immune system"
Schools should be closed as soon as possible and go online learning to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Commitment - We must understand that commitment is what separates the men from the boys! Many world leaders must grow up, they are still behaving like boys!
What are we committed to is reflected by the actions that we are taking. I've predicted many world leaders will be kicked out of their offices because they lack the love, wisdom, and courage to take drastic actions fast enough to contain the coronavirus and to save tens of thousands of lives!
Observe - The world leaders must observe what other countries are doing right to contain the coronavirus and follow the steps they took.
Results - Everyone especially the world leaders must respect the universal law of cause and effect - what you sow you shall reap - what goes around comes around in your business and your life!
We must be careful about what we say and do. What we say and do if it hurts people is wrong, and what we say and do if it benefits people is right. World leaders must be very careful about what they say because their people are watching them!
We not only must treat the effects, more importantly, but we must also prevent the causes. If the investigations showed that the probability is great that the coronavirus started from wild animal markets, then all animal markets that are now still opened in many countries must be totally shut down at all costs!
Opportunities - There is two sides to everything and the positive side of the coronavirus pandemic is a great wake-up call for the world leaders and people of the world to unite and co-operate with each other to help all people live a better life and make this world a better place!
No way out! We live on earth and there is no other planet for us, isn't it? We are all in this together.
I highly recommend the world leaders and their teams, watch the youtube song videos, "We Are The World" and "Heal The World" written by Michael Jackson. They should watch these two videos once in the morning when they wake and once in the evening before they go to sleep. I believe it will help us to achieve world peace!
Numbers - The number of people dying is very sad for all because every death is connected to a family, it is heart-rendering and very painful and sad for the loved ones! The numbers of deaths tell us to act fast to contain the coronavirus and to save lives!
Attitude - We all must have a positive attitude because have a negative attitude will destroy us!
This is spiritual warfare and Satan has planted negative thinking to destroy people.
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."
- Ephesians 6:12
Victory - Begin with the end in mind. Together we can achieve victory over the coronavirus pandemic. The victory starts with everyone, to overcome our selfish interest and to think of others, to follow God's great commandment!
"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." - Matthew 7:12
Integrity - It is all about doing the right thing. You can trust God to give you the best definition of integrity, and more importantly, it is God's great commandment! It's definitely worth repeating again and again!
"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." - Matthew 7:12
Reach - We must reach all people with the help they need because that is the right thing to do. This great wake-up call to the world is that we are one family, one world, one people and one love!
Understand - The coronavirus pandemic is a great wake-up call to the world to understand that we are interdependent, we need to support each other to survive in this world.
To understand what is really important in life, our loved ones, our neighbors, our communities, our countries, and our world. To help all people to live a better life, help make this world a better place and to live in peace.
System - The system is the solution. Look at our bodies, they are made up of various systems and if one system breaks down, it can cause the other systems to collapse!
We have our immune system, cardiovascular system, and respiratory system, just to name a few.
We have our health care systems and economic systems, and we must protect these systems at all costs because we are saving our lives. When the health care systems and economic systems collapse, there will be riots and wars! Desperate people will do desperate things when it comes to surviving! Everyone's life will be at risk!
Plan - We must always plan ahead. Follow the Scout's Motto "Be Prepared". Many world leaders did not plan ahead, they were not prepared to handle the coronavirus pandemic!
We've heard this popular saying many times, "People do not plan to fail, they fail to plan."
Ask - We must seek help. And we have God, the Omnipotent (Almighty), Omnipresent (He's everywhere) and Omniscient (All-Knowing) and He will help us when we pray with all our hearts.
Why a loving God allows disasters, pestilence, and suffering? Only God knows and we believe what is not good is not coming from God, it's coming from Satan, and God is in charge, He is Sovereign, He may have His reasons for allowing Satan's works on earth, only He knows!
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." - John 10:10
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." - Isaiah 55:8-9
God has given us the best success formula:
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." - Matthew 7:7
This is the time to get down on our knees and ask God for his compassion, forgiveness, and mercy. There are too much evil in this world and many world leaders should know, this is the time for them to get down on their knees to ask God for forgiveness, grace, and mercy!
News - With great power comes great responsibility, those responsible for the news must present the truth and not spread fake news that will cause people to be fearful or fill them with hate.
Discipline - We must have the discipline to do the right thing. Cigarette smokers must be socially responsible and stop smoking so that they will not increase the risk of the coronavirus spreading to their loved ones and friends. Cigarette smoking will weaken the immune system of the smoker as well as the immune system of their loved ones and friends, and it can also kill them!
We must be disciplined enough to take the right foods and health supplements that will strengthen our immune system and stop taking those junk foods!
Let the Holy Spirit discipline us and guide us with Love, Joy, Faithfulness, Kindness, Goodness, Gentleness, Patience, Peace, and Self-Control
Empower - The coronavirus pandemic has empowered the world to think out of the box, to be resourceful and to understand that the solution is love, wisdom and the courage to do the right thing.
Multiply - It's a great wake-up call for the best minds to get together, the billionaires and millionaires to co-operate with each other and to multiply their resources to help the world in this crisis!
Jesus faced a crisis when he had only five loaves of bread and two fishes and he had over 5,000 people to feed. He must have prayed and asked the Father for a miracle to multiply the five loaves of bread and two fishes to feed the multitudes!
Innovation - This is the time for inventors, scientists, doctors, and nurses to be innovative, to think of ways to save lives and help their patients.
Co-operation - Our earth is our mother ship, we are all passengers and there is nowhere else to go. Yes, finally the truth has set into our heart, we are all in this together!
That could be the greatest lesson we all must learn and that is to co-operate with each other for the common good for all people!
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! - Represents Thinking Out of The Box! - Don't be stuck on our resources, be resourceful! Don't think "Don't think we can't afford it, think how can we afford it?", and "PRAY!"
"Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." - Matthew 19:26
Our Father in Heaven, we pray for your love, grace, and mercy in this coronavirus pandemic and we know you have the power to stop it. We know we all have sinned against you. We know there are too much evil and sin in this world. Please forgive us and shower us your grace and mercy, I pray in Jesus name. Amen.
With Love and prayers.
Bruce Seah
