If I suggest that I tell you about poverty, you would probably tell me that I didn't know anything about it or that I've never experienced it.   Or, I could try to talk to you about being in debt way over your head, and this too could sound like I didn't know what I was talking about.  But, let me try anyway.

       Poverty is a term used by economists and other professionals to explain the level of a person's monetary wealth and living style.  It is also a term used by manufacturers when wanting to produce the desired emotion and thought of "I want" in a person or culture.   Just because a person does not have all of the things that are advertised as being necessary for one's daily life, does not necessarily mean that a person is living in poverty.   One person's daily necessities may not be those of another.   One person may be very content with a small home, good food and clean clothes while another person may only be content with an 8-room house, 2 cars that work, enough food to throw away after each meal and more clothes than can be worn in a week.   Both may consider themselves as living in poverty if any of these needs can not be met.   Yet, both may be wealthy when looked at with the eyes of someone else.

       Before I digress any further and turn this page into a political dissertation on poverty and wealth, let me say that the poor have always been with us in the world.  Today, we may try to place these people in a different category, but it is really still all the same.   People who do not have as much as someone else are always considered poor and living in poverty by those who are setting the standards.   Since the poor have always been with us and will continue to be with us, the topic discussed here may not be any different than that of many others, yet being felt in a manner.

       I don't mean to make your problem or situation sound trivial, but many of us seem to handle our situations in basically two different ways.   A person can become so overburdened with worry and concern and lose all interest in living and thereby get deeper into the hole of no return, or a person can put confidence in the Lord Jesus Christ and trust Him to get one through a particular problem or situation.   The same can be said about a person having financial problems or being in debt way beyond the means to repay the debt.

You think you have it bad.   Let me tell you the story of a woman who put her trust in the Lord while going through a tough time in her life.

       The woman explained that she had only enough food for her child and herself and that after this meal would be eaten, there would be no more.  The prophet then told her that the Lord would not let the food run out until there would be an income in the home again.

       The Lord did just as He said He would.  The food did not run out until the woman had an income and was able to purchase more food.

       Are you willing to trust someone else to provide for you?  Would you like to learn about this God who can do such things for us?  Do you think it is possible to have this kind of trust?  Do you think it is possible even for you?  Are you willing to find out?  To find out more about this wonderful God and Lord, go to Who Is Our God.

       Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ already?  Are you in a similar situation?   Can you trust the Lord Jesus Christ to keep His promises to you and to provide for you and for your needs while in this situation?  Would you like to try?  Let us know your thoughts and fears by contacting us at the email address given at Contact Us.

       Would you like to learn more about this woman and the other trouble she had?   Then read 1 Kings, chapter 17 in the Holy Bible and learn about her problems and how God answered her needs.

       Let me tell you another story.  As with the first story, this one can apply to an individual, a group of people, an organization, or a governmental body.   Unlike the story of the poor woman, this story is about two people, one was satisfied with what he had and the other never had enough.