India's Turn

OCTAVE: LORD, as morn yields to noon (or dawn) my SONnet will please, tease, release: I greet thee, having access to Your throne by Jesus And His sacrifice on Calvary: We pray against the Virus With a sunshiny name, an aura of a name, "a garland" ... Corona Virus, COVID-19, or SARS-Cov-2, Thy Hand Is mighty and righteous, always Righteous, even in judgment God of Grace and Love, forgiveness and Provisioning Forgive me my greed, envy, jealousy, smallness and scheming SESTET: Iceland to Ireland, countries that begin with the letter "I." Mercy and favor LORD, for them, I ask. India seemed safer because of its many poor, Until the middle class students and businessmen were "sent home" Meanwhile the Orthodox Jews present ISRAEL with novel challenges Indonesia, seen many natural crises, we ask You to bless and fortify We forgive tourists & others as we're forgiven! CORONA time is prayer time