A Witness of Debt

At times in life, when one goes through challenging experiences, one wonders, “Why am I going through this?”  Such a time for me came while living with huge debts, because of circumstances beyond my control. 

I believed the teachings of the prophets to get and stay out of debt, and I lived that standard prior to these events.  However, I can say, after personal experiences, that the pressure and weight of debt is crushing.  As I breathe and as my heart beats, I testify that debt is, in fact, bondage.  (I am much closer to freedom today, thanks to hard work and the tender mercies of God.)

Are we as a nation and as people on this earth really so deceived as to believe that debt is a principle only for individuals?  Do we really believe that excessive debt is justified if it is a company, a city, a county, a state, or a nation?  Have we really convinced ourselves that payment of our debts can be postponed indefinitely?

The scriptures teach that the temporal and spiritual are linked together.  What is our spiritual condition when we are temporally broke?