Michigan used to be great

[Jennifer761]

    I long for the day of it being great again. Will it ever happen?

Will my husband be laid off in January? How will we make it? What does laid off mean; will we be able to retain our health insurance? Will my son be able to have his medication? If he can not have his medication -how long will he be accepted at school? Isn't there a law about that? What about extreme cases like ours? What will happen when I absolutely can not afford to drive him to school? How could I afford to assure & defend his rights if I can't even afford to drive him to school? The streets are cold here in Michigan, in the winter. Will we learn just how cold they are? Or will we become a burden to our already over burdened relatives? How long will THEY make it? Will we lose our son if we can not afford his medicine?  How will we feed our children? Will we feed our children?

Of course those are just MY questions. My husband has not LOST his job like most of the other auto workers in Michigan. My soul hurts for them, I imagine many of their questions have already been answered.

When the middle class is completely gone, too poor to live....will the rich become poor next? Personally, I like to strive through with a bit of hope most of the time...yet despair seems to lurk behind so many eyes and around nearly every corner. Now I have to be the strong one AGAIN. What good is strength when you have no power to change things?

I know...I'm a Christian right! I'm supposed to be full of hope as if I could just pray money down from heaven or give all I have away & somehow I'll magically become rich or something. Ha ha ha! Oh its not as though I've no faith, I do have faith in God not money. I have not taken a vow of poverty nor have I succomb to the get rich schemes of some. What happened to widow who gave all that she had? Jesus noticed & commended her heart for all time, however it does not say that He made her rich because of it, or that he replaced it or even made sure of any financial thing concerning her. We are supposed to give to our churches. Thats true. We're also supposed to exercise discernment, wise stewardship & wisdom.  (We are supposed to listen to God and seek His guidance.) What will become of the churches here in Michigan? what about the radio ministries which reach out to those who can not go to church? It is true that God takes care of us, its also a Truth that He said you will always have the poor with you.

I suppose the Truth is; I WILL continue praying. But I've no idea what the answer will be. I'm no where near a sheltered silver spooned fool, life has drawn me along far enough to know that I know -nothing is secure....even the most blessed people have rough times, (& even then God is God & God is Good) no one is excluded from hardship; its a part of life.

I sure hope things get better here in Michigan, for the auto industry and for the whole eonomy....I sure hope we strive through well enough to see it all from a comfortable angle. But what will be -I've yet to see.

[RugersMommy06]

Nov. 18, 2008 at 9:17 PM

We moved back home to MI a year ago...sometimes we regret the move with the economy here. My husband works in Indiana, a longer drive but the only place he could find a good paying job. Hope things turn around for you soon.