“Deep Do-Do” is what some are calling it. Others are referring to it as “TEOTWAWKI” — The End Of The World As We Know It.

The stock market heading south for the winter and the economy diving into the toilet,  has brought out a new breed of blogger: the urban survivalist. From stocking up on rice and beans to plans to build bunkers or schemes to move to South America and buy farms, this fear has driven many to extremes.

To check out a few colorful blogs try these:

The Urban Survivalist

Survivalist Blog

Total Survivalist

Or this one just for kicks: Worst Case Scnerio

For some reason, I’m not bothered by the state of the world. Back at the Catalyst conference, I recall Dave Ramsey saying something that really put things into perspective - “If God is on the throne, what do we have to worry.” Sometimes we forget who’s in charge… And if anyone should be freaking, it’s me. I’m a missionary that relies upon donations/support of individuals to fund my salary and ministry. I should be afraid, but I’m not. It’s all the Lord’s and the trouble starts when I begin to think otherwise.

But I will say this, if these times do spur us to live greener, and less consumeristic - then good.

Those are my thoughts, but how do you feel about the state of the world today?

“Raymond Rodriguez was changing a tire when an 18-inch chunk of ice plummeted from the sky with a piercing whistle, then a metallic crunch. The ice chunk crushed the roof of a nearby Ford Mustang on Sunday morning.”

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Now, I know they’re blaming this on ice that fell off an airplane, but think about this… what does it take for God to get our attention? It always amazes me how far we run, but how much the Lord will do to pursue us. Think about how easily our days can pass without us even acknowledging Him. So let us remember that we should be more open to his presence during our days so he doesn’t have to go to such extreme measures to get our attention.