They say that you have an invisible barrier of personal space of about 8 to 16 inches from your face.

Shirley who is talking 8 inches from Samantha who requires 16 inches will create a problem.

Samantha will feel very uncomfortable and will probably back away.

But of course, the same thing will happen if Shirley just ate a garlic tamale.

Now add 18 months of covid-19 social distancing to the hypothesis.

The invisible barrier of personal space has gotten further out for many people.

Those with higher anxiety levels about covid have especially been affected.

People have gotten used to fist-bumping instead of hand-shaking.

Hugging has become less common.

What has this done to our unity as brothers and sisters in the human race?

For adults, maybe it has had very little impact.

But what about our current generation of children?

I witnessed something last week when a young girl about 8 years old came to my house for a piano lesson from my wife.

The girl came in with her father who was wearing his mask.

She suddenly realized she had left her mask in the car.

She quickly covered her mouth and nose with her hands, not moving anywhere while her dad ran to the car to get her mask.

This child is growing up with fear of getting covid.

Some will say good for her, she should be afraid.

But I wonder about the development of children who are psychologically being conditioned to fear breathing the air around them.

I am thankful that our Heavenly Father does not have a personal space around His face.

The most famous blessing in the Bible is called the “Aaronic Blessing.”

That blessing says, “May the LORD bless you and keep you; may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the LORD lift up His face toward you and give you peace.”

He has a zero-inch comfort level around you.

But will you let Him into your personal space or will you back away?

Next Week: Sciatica is a pain in the rear