Yiiii, when Business Week has article titles like that, I get shivers down my spine.
I’ve never blogged about Hubby’s job, selbstverstandliche, but suffice it to say he is the finance guy. The thing about good finance guys, is they are also in demand for freebie posts on boards and committees and things. Usually it’s a happy thing, he gives the bottom line, comes home, and plays Railroad Tycoon to relax while I blog.
But all this year, he has been the ‘warning bell’ guy. Alarms don’t make people happy. He has lived here long enough to know how to word things so news doesn’t seem so bad nor that he becomes the target of the wrath of the bad-news receivers. He doesn’t sugar-coat the bottom line red or black, or give false hope, and that is part of why people trust him as a hard-truth-teller.
This week has been a tough week for him, as it just seems there is not a lot of good news coming from any where. Then he has to carry the load at home, and I feel for my man. We both took comfort from the local-feel of these verses from the little mentioned prophet Habakkuk today:
Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vine,
Though the labor of the olive may fail and the fields yield no food;
Though the flock be cut-off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls -
YET I WILL REJOICE in the God of my Salvation,
The Lord God is my strength
He will make me feet like deer’s feet,
And He will make me walk on my high hills.
November 21, 2008 at 10:36 pm |
Yep .. things are going to get a lot colder next year
Regards to 3ammo
November 21, 2008 at 10:41 pm |
Q, bbbrrrrrr. Heh-heh, hubby is a bit older than I am, so you can call him 3ammo, no worries. Chuckle.
November 22, 2008 at 4:48 pm |
sigh.. big fat sigh! im the finance girl as well.. and with everything being the uncertain state its in, all we can do is pray and hang in there..
God bless!
November 22, 2008 at 5:09 pm |
VA…OH NO. No wonder you had this SAME tenor in your last post. You Know What Is Coming. Now we can REALLY commiserate. May God REALLY bless you!! :O
November 22, 2008 at 8:56 pm |
We raised our family through the 1970s & 1980s recessions. We learned to make do with what we had, make things ourselves from scratch, sew our own clothes (including underwear), buy staples on sale, and live on a tight budget. I tried to teach the girls that to eat right keeps the doctor bills low, and that being poor isn’t shameful. Being ragged and dirty is.
I expect we’ll have another deep recession at best. But God has prepared our path and helped us reduce our debts. It’s a culture shock for those who have never lived-on-less before, but eventually they’ll get used to it. Some may have to combine households with family members, or get along with only one car, one TV, one computer, one phone, and (horrors) used appliances.
It’s a good time to teach frugality, to teach the children not to be afraid of hard work, and to reach out to others in need. It will also teach us not to take fat times for granted, but use them instead to prepare for the inevitable lean times.
November 22, 2008 at 10:13 pm |
Lucia, these are great words, I may put them in a post later. I actually think it is a blessing for a couple of generations who never had the privilege of having needs before.