Facing Economic Uncertainty Without Fear

Facing Hard Times
Some parents are facing hard economic times. Whenever parents are stressed, the kids are bound to feel it and share that stress to some degree, too.

Horrible Headlines
The news headlines lately have been terrible: out-of-work parents commit suicide after killing their own children. Makes you wonder how people could be so desperate.

Grounded in Faith
The best way to face a crisis of any kind (including job loss and economic uncertainty), is to have a firm grounding in faith. If our values are skewed when a crisis hits, we're bound to respond badly to the crisis. If you're facing economic uncertainty, it's time to assess your values and renew your faith. People who measure their self-worth by the things they possess and the income they earn won't do well when those things are taken away from them.

We need to trust in the Lord and value what He values, lay up our treasures in Heaven and teach our children to do the same.

"You cannot serve God and mammon. Therfore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?" Matthew 6:24, 25

"Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." Mt. 6: 31-33

We may face economic uncertainty without fear by the grace of God. There is no fear where faith is and God can supply even that.

Tammie