It seems that everyone in this day and age is consumed with worry over the recent continued loss in our economic status that is nation wide. Of course it is a concern. That said, concern is becoming something else that is also real, and not in our best interest.
This morning I received news that a friend had lost his business due to terrible economy. This good man will now have to find a way to continue to work out of his home, since his office doors are now closed. He feels tired, defeated and frustrated; and he is lashing out at those leaders who continue to try to find a solution… The solution which will come too late to save his life long business.
Fatigue from the struggle (not only for this gentleman but for many others) is becoming bitterness and resentment. This recent enemy should be to us a greater concern than the issue of no work… The reason being that when the human heart to survive is beaten down to the point where fingers are directed at this man or that, and this branch of the government and that, we-the-people have ceased to search for solutions. We have chosen instead to act emotional and this leads us away from an ability to solve our problems.
My heart goes out to the friend who recently lost his livelihood, and to others like him. (All of us are feeling this pinch at some level or another.) My hope and my prayer is that tempers will cool, frustration will ease, and good minds will once more find solutions through troubled times.
We Americans are not a weak people. We are strong and capable of facing loss with great solutions! We came here and started this great country loving God and relying on Him through our own human strength and abilities. Let us remember the history of who we are and concentrate on this, instead of laying blame on one another in our fatigue. Let us see past the evil to the good.
May your day be blessed with that good as we problem solve together.
Best… Carolyn Thomas Temple
