{"id":17589,"date":"2026-03-10T14:34:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/when-fear-became-faith\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:04:02","slug":"when-fear-became-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/stories-of-faith-and-hope\/when-fear-became-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"When Fear Became Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"

It started innocently enough. When news of the global coronavirus pandemic rocked my small-town West Virginia world, uncertainty began to choreograph everything. Prior to my retirement<\/a> a few years before, I\u2019d managed a hospital-wide infection prevention and control program, so I understood the threats to the world as we knew it.<\/p>\n

Armed with a passion to \u201cdo something,\u201d I stormed heaven. It didn\u2019t matter if they were my loved ones or people I\u2019d never met, I prayed the same head-to-toe infection prevention prayer over them that I once used for my patients. One night I stayed awake until 5:00 a.m., reminding God of the special vulnerabilities of certain family and friends<\/a>. I finally drifted off to sleep, only to be awakened two hours later. In a dream, I\u2019d been visiting a friend. Sitting six feet apart in her family room, we were both garbed in yellow isolation gowns, N95 masks, and protective gloves. As I pontificated every conceivable \u201cwhat if,\u201d my friend\u2019s eyes grew wider and wilder.<\/p>\n

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