Hope in the time of financial crisis......

The ‘pain’ of this present financial crisis is a powerful reminder that if we place our trust and our security in anything or anyone but God alone, we can see it crumble before our eyes. If we can quiet our hearts as the news of the tickertape roars in our ears, we will still hear the sound of God’s still small voice calling us to the ‘meadow’—drawing us to Himself, assuring us of His presence, and saying, “Peace be still.”
"Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls-- Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills." ................ Habakkuk 3:17-19

taken from "Meet Me in the Meadows" by Roy Lessin