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Safety is something that is on all our minds these days.  And, along with that concern, most of us are living with a certain amount of fear.  As we live with this stay at home order, we do so because we are rightly concerned for people’s safety, concerned for the safety of those in our families, and concerned for our own personal safety and security.  We do this because we are justifiably fearful of this COVID-19 virus and the way it is spreading in our world.  While this concern is necessary and required, the intentional focus on safety intensifies our fear and anxiety as it permeates our culture and each of our lives. Well, in the last chapters of Matthew’s gospel, we find people who were fearful and intently focused on safety, their own safety and security. When Jesus was betrayed and arrested, the disciples were fearful and so they sought safety in the cover of darkness by deserting Jesus and fleeing the garden.  Peter was fearful and sought safety in that courtyard by trying to stay a distance away from