Well that didn't last long. A couple of wars coupled with tax cuts, expansion of medicare, adding a new department to the government, more tax cuts, a few bail outs, a few surges. As they say in Washington, you spend a billion here and billion there, soon it turns into real money.
Now this really isn't a political rant. Both parties share in the problem of the country living beyond its means. I want to focus on when the debt was paid. I remember in the late 80s and early 90s the nation debt seemed insurmountable then too. And just like now the conversations were about cuts and taxes.
When the debt got paid off the entire conversation changed to one of investments and opportunities. Should the money be returned to the citizens or invested in the future? These conversations are a lot more fun to have then the ones about which services are getting cut.
My point is this. Debt is bondage and solvency is freedom. Freedom to invest, to plan, to explore. And the debts do not have to be financial. When we owe debts they burden us and restrict what we are able to plan for the future.
In some versions of the Lord's Prayer it says, "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors." Our sins create a debt on our soul. And that debt holds us back.
God can release us from our debts if only we ask. Our past piles up after a while. And just like the national debt, it can seem like more than can be overcome. But God says that freedom is available. And just like the US economy in the 90s, your conversation can change from regrets about the past to plans for the future.
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