20 February 2009
Courage
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I read a statistic the other day that said unemployment could climb as high as 20% if things don’t change. 20%; imagine that! 1 in every 5 people looking for work and unable to find it! Isn’t that scary?!
Yeah, honestly, it is. But flip it around for a second. If 1 in 5 can’t find work, the other side of the coin is that 4 in 5 still have jobs. Still have the means to make a living. Still have opportunities to take care of their families.
Yes, the economy is hurting right now. It may get worse still. No one really knows (despite what some leaders might tell you). If they knew how to fix the economy, they would have known how to keep it from getting this bad.
But the fact remains that life goes on. Even if the world as we know it collapses around our ears, fear only harms us. It paralyzes us. It sends us into the depths of despair.
Face each day with courage. (And courage, by the way, is not the absence of fear; far from it. Courage is doing what is necessary in spite of fear). Understand that this life is only temporary. A single drop in the ocean of Eternity. The knowledge that when this is all over, I’ll spend eternity with God helps me to keep going.
But most of all, in these difficult times, do whatever you can to help those around you. Whatever you sow, you will reap.
