Nothing New!!
House values. We know they have fallen but we already talked about that in my article Almost Everyday. I like data and the reason is that it tells us what has happened in the past and what we can expect in the future.
There are signs of recovery in the news (finally) and I want to share some of that with you. Check out The Good News Economist for a perspective you won’t get on the TV. There are 3 recent articles that I think are very telling. Here is an interesting prediction on what the Dow might do. Another article that says The Recession is Over and finally one reporting on a Spike in Consumer Confidence.
If you are still looking for a job or need a better job then I can’t tell you that things are OK today. They are not OK but I want to show you there is hope because you won’t find the truth of life in morbidity but only in hope.
The reality is that there is nothing new in our human existence. Solomon said it in Ecclesiastes 1:9. “History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.” Personally that gives me hope. I have had good times in the past and I am sure you have too. You will have them again. So will I.
I think we get what we look for. If you look for trouble you will find it. If you look for good news you will find that too. My pastor and teacher Kevin Myers from 12Stone church taught a lesson on the 12 men that went as spies into the promised land. They were supposed to spy out what this new land was like. God had promised them that they would live in the land and that He would give them the ability to take it from the current occupants. God had done many great things for them on the trip but they still did not believe, except for Joshua and Caleb.
All 12 men went in and when they came back they had very different stories. The 10 said they could not possibly take this land. Joshua and Caleb said they could. Numbers 13 and 14 in the Bible tells the story if you want to read it but my point is that they were both right. It took a while but after the people rebelled and listened to the 10 who said it could not be done, it was not done. At least not by them. The two, Joshua and Caleb were later able to go and take the land.
Here is the point of all that. Be careful who you listen to and who you hang out with. Seek the positive and I believe you will find it. It is not all doom and gloom for everyone. Will there be trouble? Of course. Will there be good times? Of course. It is not about our experiences that make up life. It is how we approach them. Focus on the positive and be selective about who you hang with and what you listen to. It will change your life.
Thanks for listening,
Jerry Robertson
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