Posted by Colleen February 23, 2009
Future Hope
I can hardly stand to watch the news anymore.
Every time I turn it on all I hear is…
The economy is tanking, and everyone is loosing their job, and everyone is loosing their house, and no one has health insurance, and this company and that is closing it’s doors, and my generation will be the first to do worse than our parents, and will the war ever be over, and there are bad people who don’t like us and want to hurt us, and climate change is going to kill us all, and the world is coming to an end and the sky is falling, and, AND, AND!!!
After 10 minutes of news I can feel the fear and panic and doubt rising inside of me. I just want to crawl into bed, pull the covers over my head and wait for the inevitable end to come.
It is bad.
Especially if your are one of those people who lost their job or their home.
But all this 24/7 pessimism being spewed across the spectrum of news casts makes it even worse. According the pundits, the rest of us who still have jobs and homes are just barely hanging on to the edge of the cliff .
Who will fall next?
You?
Me?
It’s just a matter of time they say.
But what about hope?
It can get better.
It will get better.
It has to get better.
When the anxiety starts to set in, I remind myself that in the midst of all the wreckage from the walls that seem to be crumbling around me there is hope.
My God is bigger than our government, he is bigger than our economy, he is bigger than any problem I could ever have.
He is bigger than all of this.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11
Oh, how I cling to that promise these days!
I trust the Lord to care for my family. He will not leave us alone to cower in the dark under the covers. He will provide and keep us from harm.
And I know no matter how bleak it may seem down here, my eternal hope and future is secure with him.
When the bad news is starts gettting to me I stop looking at the television, and start looking up.
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THANKS for the great reminder! This is an awesome truth!
That is the best advice in these troubling times. We should always look up! No matter what the future holds He will be there for us.
First of all, turn off that TV news! Listen to NPR where there’s a bit more perspective. (At least, that’s where I get my news – no paper or network tv).
Second, don’t forget that we as a country have been in this situation before – and worse – not once, but MANY MANY times! Truly, hard or hardish times come every 20 years or so, with this particular dip being just a bit deeper than past ones.
Of course we’ll get through it – personally and nationally. So just hang in there and look forward to the better times!
We already have it better than our parents with awesome technology, better healthcare, more leisure time, and so many more choices for everything. And our kids will have it better than us if we teach them wisdom, courage, and respect for the Lord.
Those pregnancy hormones might have something to do with it, too, you know. (-:
So true! I can hardly watch the news anymore, unless I want to experience I full blown panic attack.
Love your blog!
Warmly, Lynn
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