Well, if you look at the gap in time between my last post and this one, it's been several months since I last posted. I have been quite lax, and I hope to return to a more regular blog-updating schedule. Here's to hoping I can keep to a better schedule, but today's events in Washington seem to be prime for commentary; so on that note I thought that I would begin again.
No matter your opinion on the Bush administration's proposed bail-out that was voted down today in the House of Representatives, you probably have been detrimentally affected by the fallout after the vote and the precipitating economic crisis. Unfortunately, I don't think anyone (much less myself) has a crystal ball that can provide the best way forward to get us out of this mess, but I think that the market's reaction to uncertainty provides ample opportunity for reflection.
As I've been pondering today's events, I've been reminded of a couple verses of scripture. Most notably Ecclesiastes 5:10 - "Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless"; and 1 Timothy 6:10 - "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs." I can't help but think that God is using this situation to remind us all that the world is an evil place, and that above all else, it has an insatiable greed for money and the power that it brings.
I'm not one to advocate that this is God bringing some sort of karmic comeuppance upon us. I think to proffer such a position shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the gospel; for if God were a cosmic accountant waiting for us to fail, we all would have been eliminated long ago. I just think that times like these, when hardships are on the forefront of many minds, it is worthwhile to remember that God will continue to preserve those who look to Him, and that "[we] are not of the world, even as [He] is not of it." (John 17:16).
I guess the best way forward for those of us on the fringes looking in is to pray for wisdom for both our leaders and ourselves. Thanks for sticking with me on the blog, and I'll get back to Addie soon.
