Credit Rating

Irony rules, OK!
Standard & Poor (what an ironic name for a Credit Rating agency!), is wondering whether to lower the credit rating of the eurozone countries. This news in itself will then have some effect on the markets.
A group of MPs complain that no one can care for Care Homes when they run into financial difficulties. How ironic.
Some believe that the proposed reforms of the NHS threatens the very health of the nation.
Who can help the helpless and bring hope to the hopeless?
St. Paul asked those questions, as he wrote his letter to his friends in Rome. 'When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.' (Romans 5.6) While our credit rating with the Lord was at rock bottom, Jesus died to pay off our debts. Jesus has done for us, in terms of our moral debts, what the banks and governments have not been able to do for the deeply financially indebted nations of the world.
But Paul goes on to show that the consequences of God's generous mercy doesn't just clear the debts. It leads to changed relationship and new life. 'But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation. For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.' (Romans 5.8-10)
That gives us good reason to be grateful, and to live thankful and generous lives.
Best wishes,
Richard