Another sunny week. The usual routine was broken up by a Friday bank holiday. May day was moved for the nation to commemorate 75 years since VE day. The celebrations and events were not as planned but many streets had gatherings. There was a 2 minute silence at 11, Churchill's speech was played at 3pm and the queen gave a speech at 9pm. My street had a socially distanced gathering in the evening, although some had been out most of the day. The bunting looks nice around the houses.
Last week I started some admin work for the drugs team, that finished on Monday as I completed the task. I have applied to be a contact tracer now. Clinics have been busy. Many people seem very appreciative of the telephone contact. I wonder how the health service will re-shape how it continues in the future.
Today the prime minister is going to make a speech about plans for coming out of lockdown. People are quite anxious to get back to normal life but there is a lot of fear around contracting the virus. Normal life will not be possible for a long-time but life cannot go on simply in lockdown.
Last Sunday we had our usual meetings for worship and bible study and I continued to enjoy Paul Washers teaching on Proverbs. A friend and I have got in the habit of working through a Bible quiz book for an hour on Sunday afternoon on the telephone. It is surprising how quickly the time goes by.
I've seen my parents a couple of times in the garden this week. It's nice to meet face to face but socially distanced talking can be difficult.
There are still a number of items missing in the supermarket - flour, eggs, baking products are usually low or out of stock. Covid related deaths continue to be in the hundreds each day sometimes 350, sometimes 650. We went over 30 000 deaths this week. The Nightingale hospital rapidly built in the Excel centre London was hardly used and this week has been stepped down but will not be packed up yet.
There are so many opportunities for online learning at the moment. Many organisations are offering their learning for free and there are loads of webinars. There is always so much to keep learning, even in my small field of work. Many are anxious about returning to clinical work - there is a lot of PPE requirements. It seems some may not return. It will be interesting to see the shape of the profession as we emerge from this and the future implications.
This week I was struck by a verse in Corinthians reminding us that we exist for God the Father and exist through Jesus Christ (1Cor 8:6). Life needs to be kept in perspective. So much of this life is futile. I always find it so solemn at funerals that no matter who you are, and what you have done, the end of this earthly life is the same - a wooden coffin. There is only one thing that is needful - to follow the Lord.
This week my resolve is to have a week of prayer for the church, preachers, leaders of the church and revival.
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