Government Shutdown, Really?

The news for the past week has been the threat of a government shutdown. Really? Technically, they have been delaying since October. The big fight today is how much to cut what they have been spending for the past six months?

The entire country is much the same way. Americans have huge credit card debt. The average credit card debt per household is $14,750. The same website stated there are over 600 million credit card in the U. S. alone. Foreclosures are at an all time high. Americans are still trying to figure out what to do with what they did six months ago, or should I say what they did many years ago?

Job 24:9 NIV The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.

If life in Job's time was today, we would have a lot of babies being used for collateral. Actually, in North Jakarta there was such a woman last February.

Life as a Christian in a country of debt is hard to live. We are called to be without debt. As I plan for my last semester in divinity school, I keep asking myself how is that possible in today's world?