This is pretty remarkable–you’d think that Max Lucado, of all pastors, would offer an encouraging word, delivered with a smile, about the economic woes facing people today. But instead, he delivers nothing short of a lamentation. The message, essentially, is that God has always promised economic woes, and we’ve always been foolish to believe anything else. Check it out:<\/p>\n
You Have Our Attention, Lord<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span>A prayer by Max Lucado <\/span><\/i>–<\/span><\/span> written in October 2008<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Our friends lost their house<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>The co-worker lost her job<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>The couple next door lost their retirement<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>It seems that everyone is losing their footing<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>This scares us. This bailout with billions.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>These rumblings of depression.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>These headlines: ominous, thunderous-<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>“<\/span><\/span>Going Broke!<\/span>“<\/span><\/span> <\/span>“<\/span><\/span>Going Down!<\/span>“<\/span><\/span> <\/span>“<\/span><\/span>Going Under!<\/span>” “<\/span><\/span>What Next?<\/span>“<\/span><\/span><\/span>
<\/span>What is next?<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>We<\/span>‘<\/span><\/span>re listening. And we<\/span>‘<\/span><\/span>re admitting: You were right.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>You told us this would happen.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>You shot straight about loving stuff and worshipping money.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Greed will break your heart, you warned.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Money will love you and leave you.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Don<\/span>‘<\/span><\/span>t put your hope in riches that are so uncertain.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>You were right. Money is a fickle lover and we just got dumped.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>We were wrong to spend what we didn<\/span>‘<\/span><\/span>t have,<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Wrong to neglect prayer and ignore the poor,<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Wrong to think we ever earned a dime. We didn<\/span>‘<\/span><\/span>t. You gave it. And now, tell us Father, are you taking it?<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>We<\/span>‘<\/span><\/span>re listening. And we<\/span>‘<\/span><\/span>re praying.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Could you make something good out of this mess?<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Of course you can. You always have.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>You led slaves out of slavery,<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Built temples out of ruins,<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Turned stormy waves into a glassy pond and water into sweet wine.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>This disorder awaits your order. So do we.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n
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