The economy is getting worse. They're laying off more people and cutting people's hours with hopes that they'll quit so the company doesn't have to pay unemployment and they're refusing raises right now. My husband's company sure is. And this is a well to do company too.

You know in these times of economic frustration God is there. Often times I ask Him where, but He gently reminds me of His Word and there He is. Some would say He's not "showy" but He is. Just look around you! There's beautiful snowfall here. There's birds chirping or a beautiful starlit sky maybe where you are. His majestic proof is all around us.

And I hate to break it to ya, if you didn't already know. God isn't the same in every religion. The god in Islam is not the same almighty, one true, loving God that is in the Christian religion. And not only that. A lot of Christians don't really know who God really is. I'm only still learning. There is the theology that gets in most everyone's way. You know, the study of who God really is. Most churches teach Calvinism. But most don't even have a real concrete theology to teach. They could classify it one way or another, but really most have problems with a lot of the "rules" that the theology ultimately stands for. Personally, I've been reading a book on open theism. Which is right on with what I've always believed. But I didn't know it had a name. It's called God of the Possible by Boyd.

There's really not a all around point to what I'm trying to convey today. I guess I'm trying to challenge the religious lot that everything isn't always how your being taught. There's more than what the pastor or preacher or sikh or whomever is portraying from the front of your place of worship. They either don't know, don't have the time to know or are so dead set on what they have been taught from those same pulpits themselves. I'm just glad I had a friend that was able to have have some answers to my questions. She spends all her time seeking and reading new material. I sure wish I had the time to do more expansive reading.

Well. Next time you look out the window or listen to your children running or laughing just remember it's God who made it all happen and He's protecting us and looking after us. Just sometimes His answers aren't what we want them to be. In this failing economy ask yourself what is the real reason I need these things. God will tell your in His own way, if you're listening, what you can give up and what you need.

Applemama