We have so many questions that, at the moment, are without an answer. How long will the pandemic last; how many people will fall ill or die before it is over; will we keep seeing waves of infection or will we be able to get it under control; will a cure or a vaccine be found? Governments are struggling to deal with circumstances beyond any experience and trying to manage a situation of incomprehensible magnitude. We all have many questions about what we can and can't do, who we can see, where we can go, what is permissible and what is not... Inevitably, it is easy to pick holes in the strategy and to find contradictions and vagueness. It is easy to be critical - and no doubt some of the criticism is just - when the problems and failures arise. But how is it possible for anyone to find answers to every question and to solve every problem raised in a situation of this magnitude, complexity and destructiveness? Humility, for example in admitting the difficulties and limitations and by not trying to give the impression that everything is under control, on the part of leaders would be both honest and helpful. On the other hand, it would be fair on the part of us all to acknowledge the difficulty of the task governments are facing and to be more understanding of the point that they cannot have all the answers to every question or a solution to every problem.

The strange thing is that the way we think and talk reflects a desire in us and an expectation that there should be someone who does have all the answers and who does have a grip on everything that happens. That someone, of course, is God.