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A shelter in the time of storm

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NIV

A helping hand, what does it mean? Well it can mean a variety of things to people depending on their culture and/or their upbringing. It could mean saying a prayer for a loved one, a friend, or a stranger; it could mean lending a listening ear to someone who just needs someone to listen to them.

I have been thinking a lot about helping hands lately. The economy is so troubled right now, and every day I keep hearing about how tough it is for everyone to survive with the gas prices, the stock market problems, and people losing their jobs. The election is on everyone's mind, and frankly people are just worried about the direction we are choosing to go in as a nation.

Should we worry? Should we be afraid? Nothing wrong with having healthy worries, but I truly believe we need to put our faith in God, know that he has blessings ready to pour on our lives...Be still and know that he is God. He is our shelter in these times of storm.

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:31-34