I’ll be the first to admit… I have no idea what all of this stuff going on with the economy means. I know it’s bad. Does that count? Other than that, I can’t comprehend the specifics… even after asking a bunch of questions that I said, “Uh huh” to the answers.
I do know this though. I know people (which we all are) got greedy (like we all do).
It has occurred to me that my “righteous indignation” over the ridiculous wealth of these CEO’s is pointless. Yeah, they got greedy. Yeah, even though the rest of the economy is going to hell in a handbasket, they are going to be fine. Yeah, they think that they deserve the wealth that they’ve accumulated by whatever means they chose. Yeah, they shouldn’t have taken as big of paychecks and should have spread the wealth. Yeah, they probably should have given more away to charities, churches, etc.
And maybe some of that would have helped.
But let’s face it: we’re all greedy. If faced with all that they were faced with, would I have made any better of decisions? I’d like to think so… but I’ll never know. I do know that I’m just as greedy with far, far less.
I also know that this whole thing has caused a lot of fear and anxiety. I know that some of us feel like we’re trapped with the consequences of those decisions made.
That was a really long way to get to this. A friend of mine posted this prayer that I found to be really peace giving in a world of fear right now.
Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon your church the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
