Saw an article in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago regarding some former CEO/banker who having been dismissed from his rather lucrative employment in March 2008 has been living off his serverance and savings since then. The rather staggering thing about the subject of the article was his absolute incapacity to deal with changing circumstances (still paying 2 kid's tuitions at private schools at 13K a pop, giving up Starbucks for a 7Eleven coffee run (and adding up saved money on recycyled cups without taking into account getting into the car every day for coffee) because nobody in Maryland uses a coffee maker; wife still doesn't work (even with a set of professional credentials) because the jobs offered didn't extend enough consideration to her child rearing schedule in original family life (apparently unemployed hubby can't watch the kids)). Really staggering display of a total incapability to deal with anything outside of the very comfortable lines drawn in his earlier existence. This got me to thinking (yeah, I know, big surprise).
We pray for deliverence, but want to quiz the messengers. Sometimes we want to know the motives of "the calvary" before we agree to ride out with them.
Two weeks ago, I dodged a bullet for reasons that truthfully elude me. I suppose the reasons don't really matter, but sometimes when we survive unfortunate events our thankfullness is also seasoned by some humility (it didn't have to work out like this, and the world would have little noted or cared if it didn't). So, as to my original question on whether the higher quality of mercy is "not strained", I guess it doesn't make any real difference. We live to fight another day and best keep a sharper eye out, the next time we may not be so fortunate.
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