A Stack of One Thousand Dollar Bills

A stack of thousand dollar bills

After 15 months of recession its still hard to figure out what is really happening. The numbers seem meaningless to the majority of Americans. We've been told that $12 trillion has evaporated into thin air. We've proposed two $800 Billion stimulus bills Worldwide losses are about $58 trillion!! What monstrosity is represented by such numbers?

$1 million dollars is a stack of one thousand dollar bills stacked 4 inches high.

$1 billion dollars is a stack of one thousand dollar bills stackd 358 feet high.

$1 trillion dollars is a stack of one thousand dollar bill stacked 68 miles high.

Our trade deficit is $135 billion dollars. This is calculated annually so it was $0 on January 1st. That is a stack of one thousand dollar bills stacked 48,330 feet high or about 9 miles high.

Our national debt is $11 trillion dollars....that would be a stack of thousand dollar bills 748 miles high.

U.S. total losses may peak at $3.6 trillion....that would be a stack of thousand dollar bills 245 miles high.

As the recession spreads throughout the world total losses are estimated to be $58 Trillion...that would be a stack of thousand dollar bills 3,900 miles high. That stack laid down would easily cross the continental U.S., span the Great Wall of China or cover the entire length of Africa's Nile River.

I don't know where its all going to end. I certainly don't understand the numbers but I remember so clearly a song my father used to sing at the top of his voice while working in his garden, "I don't know what the future holds but I know who holds the future and I know who holds my hand."1 Tim 6:17 says that this world's wealth is very UNCERTAIN. Many have lost money in uncertain investments. The value of money, stock, our homes and our retirement plans all change. Wise are those who invest in what doesn't change instead of what does. Heb. 13:8 says that "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever." He is all wise and that will never change. He is all powerful and that will never change. He loves us dearly and that will never change. He has told us of a kingdom yet to come which will endure forever!!