GONE WITH THE WIND

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

“Here today, gone tomorrow” is an old expression that reflects on the brevity of time and “stuff.” Try as you may, you can’t hold onto it.

Having to say “Good-bye” to anything we value is hard to do.

The failure of the stock market going on all around us today is a form of pain.

Thousands are losing their jobs and retirement investments as they see their company’s falling apart all around them.

It’s sad and it hurts—it hurts a lot.

Where is God when it hurts? That’s the question I have been discussing for the last few days. Right now I have no better answer for you than to refer you to Philip Yancy’s wonderful book, Where Is God When It Hurts? This book has sold over 60,000 copies and I believe is the best book on the subject. If you read it, you will be doing yourself and your suffering friends a favor.

(More later)