During the Great Plague of London Isaac Newton had to spent one year at his parents home. Cambridge University was closed.
Without his professors to guide him, Newton apparently thrived. The year-plus he spent away was later referred to as his annus mirabilis, the “year of wonders.”
“ … Whilst he was musing in a garden it came into his thought that the same power of gravity (which made an apple fall from the tree to the ground) was not limited to a certain distance from the earth but must extend much farther than was usually thought. ‘Why not as high as the Moon?’ said he to himself..”
In London, a quarter of the population would die of plague from 1665 to 1666. It was one of the last major outbreaks in the 400 years that the Black Death ravaged Europe.
Newton returned to Cambridge in 1667, theories in hand. Within six months, he was made a fellow; two years later, a professor.
So if you’re working or studying from home over the next few weeks, perhaps remember the example Newton set. Having time to muse and experiment in unstructured comfort proved life.
That is also a biblical view of life. In Ephesians 5, 15-17 can we read:
Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
So let us read the bible, pray and listen what God shows us. Sometimes is a crises the start of a beautiful new journey, also as a family!
Beside that I am praying that you and I are ambassadors of our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us talk to our environment about heaven and hell and what it means to be a biblical Christian.
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Shalom, your Christian Pälchen
