"I'm taking a break!"

When the kids were little we had a toy fire truck that would say, "I'm taking a break!"  Today that saying kept coming to mind and it made me chuckle.
With all they hysteria lately I think everyone has felt that way, and whether they want to or not, they are forced to slow down and take a break.
Last week I was in Florida visiting my parents.  Brooke and I were facetiming and I could tell on her sweet face she was distraught.  She didn't want to tell me why, and then she started crying.  The news had said "immunocompromised people were most at risk for coronovirus and could die."  She said to me, "mom, that's me."  My heart broke!!!  Grandma and I were both in tears.  I explained to her God has brought her this far, we cannot live in fear.  Steve happened to be gone, but it was a welcome sight when I saw Leah come into view and comfort her sister.
The direction at this household is stay off social media and no watching the news.  It's nice Leah and I work for the hospital so we get up to date, true information and Steve stays on top of the news and emails we need to know.
For our household this is not new.  We wash our hands and are aware of what's going on around us.  Bleach is a smell this house knows well for the past 11 years.  But when society scares my child to tears, our mamma bear instincts come out.
The quote that keeps coming to mind is from the Heidelberg Catechism:  (if you've never read it I highly encourage you to.)
Q. What is your only comfort

in life and in death?

A. That I am not my own,1
but belong—

body and soul,
in life and in death—2

to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.3

He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood,4
and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil.5
He also watches over me in such a way6
that not a hair can fall from my head
without the will of my Father in heaven;7
in fact, all things must work together for my salvation.8

Because I belong to him,
Christ, by his Holy Spirit,
assures me of eternal life9
and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready
from now on to live for him.

This is True Peace.  Not worldly peace that so many are clinging to but peace of knowing where we belong and who's in charge.  

With that........The Koeman's are "taking a break."