Janah Ayessa S.

Almacin BSED-English 2 September 8, 2021

Reflection essay.
“Where is God during the times of Covid-19 and Other Crises?”
God does things that can shake up our faith, we always ask for a sign, a blessing, and yet
he doesn’t ask anything in return. He cares for us; it may seem sometimes that he doesn’t but
I’ve experienced his care the way I least expected. During these hard times, we must hold unto
him more for he knows that we can do this, he has faith on humanity the exact way we have faith
in him. Life will always have hard times; it isn’t always perfect. I have suffered a lot during this
pandemic, I missed my friends, social interactions, the freedom that we all had, but the truth is,
while staying inside our houses I had a lot of time to reflect on my actions, I had time to grow
and have a more mature and positive perspective. I wasn’t the same person I was before, and I
like who I am now. One time while I was composing myself after a breakdown, I asked God
what my purpose was, I’ve never thought about what I was going to do after I graduate or will I
ever graduate, I lost my motivation. I was used to having friends around and doing tasks
together, brainstorming and just having a good time; I’ve never experienced that now that I’m in
college. I was lonely, and I wasn’t confident on my own. But God had my back, he gave me a
sign that I can do this, that I can reach out to other people, my new classmates. Now, I am still
adjusting to the new mode of learning but I’m happy to say that I’m getting better because God
guided me. I have seen a fair amount of chaos in our world today, if I were to think God had
been distant it would be because He’s disappointed in all of us. We never make time for him
anymore, we always make excuses not to go to church, we don’t talk to him, and maybe we
don’t even realize how wounded he is every time we do something immoral. For me, this
pandemic happened because He wants us to reevaluate, assess, and think about how we have
treated him since the dawn of time., but this will all end for God is forgiving, and loving; He
cares for us all. It may sound cliché for this phrase has been answered almost every time
someone asks “Who is God for you?” but he is really my savior, he had my back for a lot of
time. Those times that I thought I wasn’t strong enough to handle, and yet I conquered it all and
it was because I have God to clap in my every success, and a shoulder to cry on in every failure.