What's good about the economic crisis and recession?

I know a lot of people will raise their eyebrows upon reading the title of this blog. But please do give me a chance to explain why I have this kind of thought that I really wanted to express. I know a lot of people have suffered due to recession that was brought about by economic crisis being experience not only in our country but all around the world. I do have a lot of friends that were retrenched due to company's bankruptcy or any other reasons provided by their respective companies in order to at least still cope up with declining economy. Some of them right now were confused and worried how can they feed themselves and their family depending on them. This is the real thing happening now, and I can also feel the hurt, confusion and fear that a lot of people are feeling now. But this my dear brothers and sisters will still happen whether we like it or not, whether we fight it or not. We might never know if tomorrow, our names our included on the list of unemployed citizen of this country. No one knows, only our Lord, who even at the beginning knew that this will happen...

This is where I wanted to reflect. I just want to reflect on the homily I have listened 2 weeks ago. The priest told us that sometimes Our Father in Heaven needs to give us sufferings and problems like this in order for us to realize that "HE alone can give us all the things that we need in order to survive." "HE alone can provide the security and peace that we are longing in this life that's why we are working hard". That HE alone can give you something better than what you have lost. Admit it, when we are earning a lot, we usually change our lifestyle, thinking that we have all the money that we have in order to live a good life. We engage ourselves on nightlife, shopping, drinking, smoking, etc. Do we even bother to tell the Lord how thankful we are on the provisions HE is giving us? Do we even bother to even just drop by on the church and engage in small heart to heart talk with HIM? I am personally guilty on this. Sometimes I am too busy acquiring resources and spending those I have acquired for my own personal happiness without even acknowledging the fact that I am nothing without the grace of our Lord. So I believe the priest is right, we need to experience pains and sufferings in order to cling more to our God. For He alone can give us the peace, happiness, security and completeness we are looking for our whole life.

Recession is not that bad afterall, if this will be the reason for us to move closer to our Lord, to know Him more and to experience the bounteous love and grace He had stored for us that He can't give to us because we are too far from Him. And from there we we will eventually realize that we are in this situation because God is preparing a much much better life for us. A blissful life HE had prepared for us eversince. I also know that a lot of people will tell me, it is easy for me to say these because I still have my job and still earning. You are right but I do have my own fear of being unemployed but if it His will then I should go back and read this blog again, pray that He will give me the faith and trust in order for me to live with what I have written here. With GOD's help, I know I can. And also, we must continue praying that the economy be alive again. I know, deep in my heart, HE will help us on this and HE is with us on this. That will make the burden of recession much lighter since we all know that in this, there is still One that will never retrenched us from HIS heart, Our Father in Heaven through HIS son, Our Lord Jesus Christ.....God Bless everyone!