{"id":143,"date":"2012-05-17T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/how-to-find-an-upside-in-this-down-economy\/"},"modified":"2012-05-17T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T11:00:00","slug":"how-to-find-an-upside-in-this-down-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/how-to-find-an-upside-in-this-down-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find an Upside in This Down Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

We all know people who have been laid off, fired or whose jobs have disappeared altogether. For millions, months have now turned into years of unemployment or under-employment. Maybe this is you.<\/p>\n

I have a friend \u2014 John \u2014 who lost his job. His attitude was amazing. With a wife and children at home, he could have, he should have gotten angry. But instead his very first reaction was of expectancy. \u201cI don\u2019t like it. I don\u2019t understand it. But I look forward to seeing the hand of God in our lives,\u201d<\/em> he wrote in his journal on the day he was laid off.<\/p>\n

In the same position, I probably would have said things and done things that were far less holy. I might have even given God\u2014and my boss\u2014a piece of mind. But John immediately saw the possibility of an upside in his down world.<\/p>\n

While the world sees brokenness, we (should) see blessings. While the market sees chaos, we see order emerging. While friends and family see despair, we can find hope. That\u2019s who we are.<\/p>\n

\ufeff\ufeffRead the rest of this article about my friend John\u00a0which is <\/em>featured <\/em><\/a>this week\u00a0over at <\/em>Christianity Today<\/em>, Men of Integrity<\/a>.<\/em>
How are you faring in this down economy? What lessons have you learned? <\/strong><\/p>\n

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