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LELAND ACKER
Have you not known? Have you not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, neither is weary? There is no searching of His understanding (Isaiah 40:28)?

For as long as I can remember, there have been those who prophesy doom and gloom upon the United States of America.

You know, "America has turned her back on God," and "Our nation can not stand with the way things are going," and "The interest is up and the stock market's down, and you're going to get mugged if you go downtown."

Gas prices remain obscene. They've almost doubled since I came to work for Whitehead Enterprises in 2003.

Grocery and energy prices are rising, in fact, almost every expense we have is rising... but our income is not.

Unemployment is also rising.

We have a war going on in Afghanistan and Iraq. We all know someone who is involved in this fight.

Even worse, there are no Presidential candidates on the ballot to get excited about. There are no Franklin D. Roosevelts offering new deals, no Ronald Reagans telling us our best days are ahead of us. Nope. The only reason anyone seems be giving us to vote for them is "the other guy is worse."

Maybe our problem is that we have placed too much faith in our economy, our careers and even our political parties.

Have we forgot Who is in control?

"Have you not known, Have you not heard?"

Why should we turn our trust over to God? Why should we look to Him instead of the Democratic or Republican party? Because God's wisdom surpasses all of theirs (There is no searching of His understanding).

He gives power to the faint and strength to the weak (Isaiah 40:29). Do you ever wonder how people who have hard walks of life make it? How do parents of three small children support them and rear them properly? God gives them the strength to do so.

Isaiah 40:28-31 is a passage of encouragement. It encourages us to trust the Lord, who will give us the strength to face whatever life throws at us.

I don't know how the elections are going to turn out. I can not prophesy victory or gloom for the U.S. What I can tell you, is win or lose, depression or prosperity, that everything will be okay.

"I don't know about tomorrow, but I know Who holds my hand." chreporter@mediactr.com