Wherein lies the Hope

These are tough times for so many - retirement accounts and kids' college accounts have lost half their value.  There is a general instability in the employment market and in new business starts.  Housing markets are not great in most places and economies all around the world are depressed at best.  We are much slower to spend (actually, not such a bad thing, but when America quits spending, the entire world slows down) and some of us are completely changing our budgets to accommodate difficult circumstances.

Where is our Hope?

As the preacher said this morning (and it gave me both comfort and a better perspective, so I thought I'd pass it along, in case it can do the same for you), always remember wherein lies your Hope.  There has never been hope in Washington, but there's Hope for Washington.  There has never been hope in the United Nations, but there is Hope for the United Nations.  There has never been hope in Wall Street, but there is Hope for Wall Street.  .....
You get the point.

Let us all get stirred up and find our direction, our comfort, our guidance, and our perspective in what is real.  What matters.  What is right.  Open our Bibles.  Experience the gift of the Word.
Jesus knows His own and will never fail them.  Our treasure can disappear here, but never in Heaven.

Maybe the next time the mail person delivers a financial statement, I won't let it get me in such a cloudy state of mind.  The sun (SON) always shines.