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January 14, 2009
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Future Gas Prices, by Steve Ridgell
It is still a hot topic of discussion almost everywhere I go. How much
will we pay for gas in the future? The price we pay to drive our
vehicles has been at the center of much of the financial news of the
past year. You remember the shock you felt the first time you paid $2 a
gallon, then $3, and occasionally even $4 a gallon. It was unreal. You
sometimes had to use your credit card twice at the pump because the
automatic price cut-off kicked in before you had filled up. I heard
university students over the holidays talking excitedly about the cheap
gas they were finding at only $1.50 per gallon.
If they only knew. I guess I must be really old but I remember the
shock of paying $1 per gallon for the first time. I remember being able
to buy gas a few times at 19 cents per gallon. I could go for several
days on a quarter's worth of gas. Who would have dreamed the price of
gas would go so high, then so low, then so high? How do you budget
travel expense? What will the price of gas be this year? And why does
no one seem to know?
I am sure that I do not know the future. Smarter people than me are
having a hard time figuring out gas prices, housing markets,
international politics, environmental issues, and a whole lot more. So
how does one live in uncertain times? How does one find joy, peace,
hope, and security when the future is so unclear?
I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation,
whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
Actually I stole this last sentence from a man named Paul who lived
almost 2000 years ago. But I have learned the secret also. The secret
is to find something you can be certain about. Something that you can
count on no matter how bad -- or how good -- things turn out in the
future.
It's Jesus. That may seem too simplistic, too "churchy" to say that,
but it is true. I do not put my trust in the economy, or in the
forecasts of economic trends, or in the price of gas next year, or even
in the next decade. I will trust Jesus. He has a track record I can
count on ... in history, but also in my life. He has, and he will, see
me through whatever comes in this life. More importantly, he is my
guarantee that this life is not all there is. I will live forever.
I have to know there is something I can count on both now and in the
future.
And that is the future I am certain of.
If you want to talk more about putting your trust in Jesus, write me at
steve@hopeforlife.org or visit our blog at www.hopeforlife.org.
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Are you presently experiencing a new life? God's word says, "if anyone
is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has
come!"
This new life is a free gift of God through faith in Jesus Christ. If
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(c) 2009 Herald of Truth Ministries
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* Invited into the Family
http://hopeforlife.org/resources/invited.asp
* Hope for Life!
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