Lord, Heal Our Land

British historian Herbert Butterfield of the University of Cambridge, wrote, “Sometimes it is only by a cataclysm that man can make his escape from the net which he has taken so much trouble to weave around himself.” He goes on to say, “sheer grimness of suffering brings men sometimes into a profounder understanding of human destiny.” Robert Nicholson of San Jose State University wrote, “Sometimes the most important ingredient for spiritual renewal is a cataclysmic event.” In writing an article on “A Coronavirus Great Awakening?” he continues, “Today the world faces a moment of cataclysm. The pandemic has remade everyday life and wrecked the global economy in a way that feels apocalyptic. So, I ask the question, could a plague of biblical proportion be America’s best hope for religious revival? Let us look at the means for a great awakening and the healing of our land.