Perspective

The headlines of todays Wall Street Journal says it all: The Crisis Goes From Bad to Worse

We all know about the financial meltdown that is happening in our country...you can't watch the news or read a paper without hearing about it. Even if you haven't lost money in the stock market or lost your job...gas is high, groceries are going up, and all of us are impacted in some way.

During a conversation with my mom today we were discussing this "crisis" and she reminded me of the importance of keeping perspective during this time...

Below is an excerpt from a recent post of hers:
(to read the whole thing click here)

• Twenty percent of the world lives on one dollar a day.
• Another 20 percent live on two dollars a day.
• Twenty percent of us live on more than seventy dollars a day.
• The combined income of the 447 wealthiest people in the world is more money than the combined income of 50 percent of the world's population.
• Americans make up 5 percent of the world, but we consume 50 percent of the world's resources.
• One of every 4 children in the world has to work instead of going to school.
• Eight percent of the people of the world own a car.

PERSPECTIVE...

Are we really in need? Are we really hungry?
In comparison to the majority of the population... um...no.


I'm not trying to diminish the financial challenges facing us today. We should be wise stewards and prepare for the future...but...it is all about perspective and remembering who it is that is ultimately your provider.


It's about serving and loving others with eyes wide open. It is about living with a peace that surpasses all understanding and worldly knowledge. It is putting my trust in a "living" God.... not one you just read about or hear of. It is experiencing a life giving breath of air in this very stale and stagnate world of ours that may be dealing with an economic crisis like we never have before... it is mostly knowing in my deepest "knower" that I am loved and cared for and forgiven and will be provided for... even if I lose "everything".

I think that as Christians we have an opportunity right now in the midst of this crisis...

Yes, we should be wise stewards, prepare for the future, live within our means, etc.

But...we should be different from those who don't know Christ, we should be living with HOPE, and we should be speaking out on the reason for our hope...

We know who our provider is and we know who is in control!

I Timothy 6:17

Do not trust in uncertain riches...but in the living God.

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