The Boat is Sinking

"The boat is sinking, group yourselves into..." there goes that famous line of one of those parlor games played at parties or any group or organizational activities. But the succeeding paragraphs you may read from hereunder is not all about the said game. Rather it is all about the present economic boat everyone riding in.

The last couple of days, there were a number of people whom I had conversation about this global economic situation. Two of these I know personally and some two others were strangers whom I met in a restaurant during lunch break and another one at the place where I wait for my car lift.

One common denominator in those conversations is about the sinking economic boat. All these guys whom I had good conversations with are in one accord as their gut feel led them to conclude that economy is worsening. With the news of Greece and other debt-laden countries, the economic boat has yet to reach the sea bed of recession.

As my share of the conversation, I agreed with them. They also concurred with my opinion that the main culprit of this sinking is overspending. Living beyond ones means led one to overspend, then to over-borrow until one day repayment terms is inevitably breached, hence the problem.

How can a country or the whole world fell into this problem of overspending and over-borrowing? The answer is so simple. Because most individuals, yes you and me and most of the political leaders are not living the principle of contentment that the Word of God taught. The same word written by Paul which states that "contentment with godliness is great gain."

You and me make up our family. Our families make up one community. Several communities make up cities, and cities a country. Several countries then make up the world. So what the world is into right now is a reflection of how you and me live our own lives.

Simply put, unless you and me would change our attitudes in handling our resources nothing will happen to our families. If our families are problematic, how can we contribute to the good of the community or our city or our country. If a number of countries, like what is happening today is in a problematic situation, it reflects the health of the world.

Therefore, it is time that churches around the world, and individuals who are gifted to teach the ways of God should do so. It is time for the people of God to rise and shine in this dark state of the world.

This is one of my motivation to keep on writing about things that teach people how to better handle their finances.

To all those who are following my blog posts, accept my sincerest apologies for my failure to keep it running for several weeks. I have been so busy with the graduation of my eldest daughter. The preparations for her going home to Philippines and some photography assignments kept me busy.

No matter how busy I am, I will try to keep this blog alive for those faithful readers. I will not allow that my blog will sink and be drowned to oblivion.