There Is Nothing New

"That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun"

Ecclesiastes 1:9 (NASB)

There has been tremendous turmoil on Wall Street and in Washington the past few days. But I take great comfort from the words above. I see not futility, but hope in the message. In the grand plan of all things, this was expected in the eyes of God. Nothing surprises Him. Nothing sneaks up on Him.

There are cycles of boom and bust in everything but His constancy. There is nothing new to Him under the sun, as He created the sun and everything under it. For all is under Him.

We watch and we worry: economy, election, everything.

If we just turn to Jesus, we can watch and wait: His timing, His judgment, His righting the world.

The journey will be no less bumpy, we will get no less bruised along the way. But we can endure with a peace of heart and mind that otherwise is beyond our grasp if we are not with Him. He calmed the storm on the Sea of Galilee. He is in our boat and can calm this weather too. No matter what, we will come through the storm.

But if nothing but Christ matters to us, it will not matter what we come through it with other than Him.

Christmas is Around the Corner

Wall Street and Washington need to get whatever ever economic fix done soon. It is the end of September, which means the Christmas season is right around the corner.

Which means if we are in a state of financial and economic turmoil, people might actually turn towards more spiritual matters, seeking answers in the divine that are beyond the grasp of mere humanity.

People might actually turn to the true meaning of the Christmas season and stop saying things like "Happy Holidays" and "Season's Greetings" and start saying "Merry Christmas" and actually know what it means and mean it.

Or the powers that be in the two "W's" might rise to the occasion and right the teetering ship of state and state of business. Get people back to a secure mode of living and investing and spending.

And return Christmas to the commercialized mess it has become. And all this in an election year.