Savor Like Crazy

The inauguration ceremony only 6 short days ago was so good in so many ways. I went to the Baltimore Convention Center to watch it. It was warm and the TV screens were big. My favorite part, though, besides being treated to a performance of "Poison" as made popular by Bel Biv Devoe while various dignitaries appeared on the huge screens, was seeing a group of women in their thirties and forties starting up a line dance to a performance of "Get Ready."

So, that was a week ago tomorrow, and the NYTimes just posted a story about 62,000 jobs being cut. The inauguration speech mentioned some sacrifices. Who knew it would be so soon? If you're not the praying type, I suggest you become the savoring type to make it through this here downturn.

Savor the changes we're already seeing - Guantanamo Bay on the chopping block, Starbucks doing ads about community service, stronger standards for car emissions, and smart people in place in the administration to make good decisions carefully. Savor the connection to history that Obama spoke about - this isn't the first time that our nation has faced difficult times. And finally, savor what you do have. If you have a job, if you have your health, if you have your own computer to read this, savor those things. If you have friends and loved ones, spend time with them. Enjoy what you do have.

Finally, if you do happen to be the praying type, you can savor the promise of faith, which is that ultimately God's kingdom is bigger and more essential than the US economy. We are in God's hands, and that is the deepest source of security there is.