Prolonged Pain in a Persistent Pandemic by Petra Pierre - Robertson
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. (Revelation 21:4) Almost two years, and two Christmases later, the statistics with regard to COVID are the worse to date in Trinidad and Tobago: 964 cases and 37 deaths. For some, this may represent figures. For me this is painful. I find myself closely monitoring the deaths of children, youths, parents, siblings, friends, colleagues, neighbours, schoolmates and other persons whether in or out of my network. These are human beings cut down by a pandemic, whether toddlers or seniors Fresh graves overrun with flowers A sad story was relayed to me by a relative of a COVID victim after attending the funeral. This is the account from a Christian who would have attended several funerals over his lifetime to minister to grieving families. According to him the cemetery was depressing. A section of the c