Seeing the Invisible?

 It’s interesting how the news spotlight moves round the world. Currently there is a big focus on Belarus where the President is imprisoning people who are protesting against his government’s policies, not least on democratic voting. It is a bad scene, but sadly it isn’t the only country where people do not have the right to vote or protest. Human rights is a matter which affects all countries, of course, and none of us can be complacent that all is well for everyone in our part of the world.

I was intrigued, and somewhat shocked – though not particularly surprised – to hear that the President of Belarus has stated that there is no virus. “I can’t see any virus”. So no, or few, preventative measures are being taken, in common with certain other nations. I find this incredible, that he can presumably see the results of the virus which is still spreading around the world yet still deny that it does not exist. Presumably he would be very happy with 5G since you can’t see that either.

 

There are many things which we cannot see. Hope is one of them, and we need to hold on to it despite human folly and sin. Love is another invisible aspect of life, and we can’t prove it but hopefully we can feel it’s joy. Which brings me to faith, which means that we can trust others and for the spiritually alert among us we can relate to and trust the Divine. So much of our human perception depends on insights which cannot be proven or isolated clinically. Our faith could be said to be illusory or delusional, and people such as Richard Dawkins claim that is true (and sometimes it might be!), but to suggest that we cannot relate at all to things which we cannot see seems very dangerous. We might not do what is best for our own lives or for others if we have no empathy or love.

Now these three things last forever; faith, hope and love.

And the greatest of them all is love.