Bailout or not, people are always more important
I spent some time chatting last night with a relative of mine who makes a part of his living in the world of finance. She’s also a mobster. I was informed of all the mess taking place right now with the banks and the economy and reminded of my own selfishness. It’s possible that our country will be going through some real hardship for the next 10-15 years if the bailout bill doesn’t take place, and if it does take place, it’s simply a band-aid on a really scarred situation. A cover-up in the name of keeping our way of life as-is. Though financially Carie and I certainly have our stuff in order, I’m convicted by the unwise spending I have done at times, in the name of financial certainty. And so my hope is two-fold:
1. That during these times the church will step up and become “the church” we’re called to be.
2. That I would make wiser decisions with my finances, in good times and bad.
People are always more important than money.
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what, in this case, does the church lingo “step up and be the church” actually mean/look like? you’re going to run a cock-fighting ring and give all the proceeds to the church members?
A great question Mike. One that needs some explanation for a world filled with the muck of politics and baggage. “The Church being ‘the church’” actually means the church not just being a building where people come to, but a body of people who act and mirror the hands and feet of Christ on this earth. To do what He would do, and to love as He would love.