In an economically crazy nightmare our world is turned upside down as everyone struggles to understand the current economic downturn. Wallstreet is down, the 401k isn't doing so well, the housing market is in total dissarray, and banks are on the verge of bankruptcy and collapse. How did we get into such a mess? Greed. We wanted fancier cars, nicer houses, and bigger credit limits while working less and not making enough to pay it all back. Credit has allowed us to spend our way into oblivion. We have focused on our wants and lusts for material things and lost sight of what should be important to us.
And what is our answer? How does our government respond? They say we need more credit. We should spend even more. Let's reward these companies for their poor performance and lack of leadership by protecting them and giving them money to bail them out. They say they have to protect our economy and keep our nation moving, but at what cost. How can the world look to us for guidance and leadership when our answer is to be fiscally irresponsible and spend money we don't have? We are creating a debt load that our nation will not be able to escape. How long before other nations begin to stop investing in our great production machine? When will foreign governments call in the loans we owe them? How will our children and grandchildren ever pay off this debt?
They say we need infrastructure, education, and better health care. But what good is all this if we compromising our ethical responsibilities and our morals? We want to improve the education system but we don't want to talk about God. We want to create a better health care system but we aren't suppose to talk about faith or the healing that Jesus gives us for eternity. And what better infrastructure can you build then to build to provide for your eternal future. Building for your future is about providing security and hope.
Having budgets that create huge deficits shows financial irresponsibility, bailing out poorly run businesses that are failing while executives prosper unnaturally sets poor examples for the world to follow, and leaving massive unimaginable debt to our descendants is morally irreprehensible and shows a lack of compassion for future generations. Our greed to create a favorable market here and now to provide for our material wants and needs, is showing our willingness to serve evil through our love of money. I pray that this nation will see the error of its way and turn to God to answer our problems, and stop turning to money to fix the damage we have done.
