Saw an interesting news report this morning that talked about neighborhoods that are considering printing their own money. Erika Slife of the Chicago Tribune.com writes,
“Residents from the Milwaukee neighborhoods of Riverwest and East Side are scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss printing their own money. The idea is that the local cash could be used at neighborhood stores and businesses, thus encouraging local spending. The result, supporters hope, would be a bustling local economy, even as the rest of the nation deals with a recession.”
The article goes on to say that “local money” is not a new idea and that during The Great Depression scores of communities relied on their own currencies.
Am not suggesting that we are, or are not, sliding into a depression. But the article struck me as an example of a creative idea of how people survive in tough times. It’s probably also an example of the kind of good thing that happens when, after a blizzard or other paralyzing condition , neighbors become neighbors.
Could even be an example of the Joseph principle: “You meant evil against me; but God meant it for good” (Gen 50:20). Or, by application–circumstances we wouldn’t wish on an enemy become an opportunity for God to bring about something better than we could have imagined.
Or… could remind us of the Body whose members never say, “I don’t need you” (1Cor 12:12-27).
Am guessing most of us would agree that one of the good things about bad times is that issues that otherwise tend to divide us become less important than helping one another survive–in body, and spirit.
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