Pray Amidst The Rubble

Today we are dealing with H1N1, the virus, or Swine Flu as it has been dubbed. As I blogged on mybarackobama.com/whitehouseprayerteam/ earlier today, I mentioned then that the State of Texas had been confirmed of not only the first death associated with H1N1, but also it served as the home for the 6 other individuals out of nearly 70 recently diagnosed with the virus here in the U.S.

Although there are bleak signs of an economic turn-around, unemployment, according to all the smarty pants folks say that it could rise as high as 10% by the end of the year. To everyday americans, that just means we will continue to lose hundreds of thousands of jobs meanwhile. Chrysler is having to merge with Fiat in order to obtain government aid and General Motors is getting rid of the Pontiac brand in order to shave 21,000 union jobs.

Bad news is all around you but you can't let that prevent you from praying to our God. We must learn to pray amidst the rubble; not just in good times, but in what we perceive as difficult times. The circumstances have changed however, God has not. When its crumbling all around you, don't fail to cry out to God, your saviour.

Tonight, in acknowledgement of his first 100 days in office, President Obama held a press conference at the White House to recap the initial days of the Administration.

44 million americans don't have health care coverage, and another 120 million are paying way too much for it through jobs they are wondering if they are going to lose shortly. Listen, I could go on and on with the negative words and the bad news yanked from more of tomorrow's headlines but instead we ought to think on those things that are good; think on those things that are fruiful and full of life. Our Verse of the Day, Phillipians 4:8 speaks to that reasoning.

When it looks bad, pray. When you feel bad, pray. When your world has tumbled around your ankles, pray amidst the rubble.

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