Fox Hole Church People

I hear that more people are praying and wanting to go to places fo worship as a response to the feeling of helplessness and fear about the Coronavirus.  Well, pastors and Rabbis, I would not make plans to expand your parking lot just yet.  These new or returning attendees may mostly be what I call Fox hole prayers.  In the fox hole, even atheists pray out of fear and powerlessness.  But what happens when that all passes?  Back to usual.  Two things will happen with these Covid-19 prayers.  One is the vaccine. After it goes into their body, and works, they will go back to chasing after all the things that made life so shallow in the first place.  The second thing that will happen is death before the vaccine.  Not their death, but the death of someone they loved and prayed for, who did not make it to the vaccine.  God did not come through for them.  Good bye to God if their even is one.  So for now, houses of worship, as they open up a bit more and through zoom, will enjoy a bump.