Aug 29th, 2021: Aim to Do Right without Governments' Interference

We are on the Island of Vancouver to visit our daughter and son-in-law. We decide to make this trip our priority because we are concerned that the BC government might shut things down again. Here was the headline we saw on internet news before we left:

"B.C. to introduce COVID-19 vaccine passport for recreational activities, access to non-essential businesses."

I am not anti-vaccine. I am not comfortable with the notion of a vaccine passport. I am not a conspiracy kind. I just don't like to see what our society has become because of this virus. What is next? It is rather perplexing as we continue to call for equal rights and fight against racism while forming another kind of unjust response to one another. We don't ask for HIV Negative Proof when we grant people the right to get married (there is no cure for HIV either).

Let us grant one another a choice even although we do not see eye to eye. Let us aim to protect one another from the health concerns caused by the virus and the mental anguish initiated by our governments. We are not children, and we don't need our government to tell us how we should relate to one another. We are heading in a very dangerous direction when it comes to our appreciation of our humanity.

1 Peter 5:8
"Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."

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