Prayer on Wall Street
September 19, 2008 by Laura | Trackback URI
This was a bit unexpected, but I’m not sure why; when trouble comes, people routinely turn to God.
In Crisis, Wall Street Turns to Prayer:
Last Sunday night many Wall Streeters could not get to sleep. After midnight, an executive at one of Wall Street’s leading investment banks, who requested that his name and his company’s not be used, lay in bed watching CNBC report that his competitors were going by the wayside. “I was surprised how quickly it had come. By 8 P.M. we knew how Monday would open. I prayed, very selfishly, that my company would not be on the list.” He worried “about my family, the economic environment, my church, and community.”
His wife rolled over and asked, “Are you really worried?”
“No,” he told her. “I am just interested in the news. I work for a really good company.”
She asked again, “Are you stressed?”
He weighed what was important to them and answered, “Even if the worst happens, we will still be together as a family and have Christ who loves and cares for us.” Reassured, his wife turned back over; 30 minutes later her husband turned off the television. He needed to be at work very early the next morning.
On Monday, Christians on Wall Street set up special prayer meetings for the week. First came the special prayer conference calls on Monday and Tuesday nights. Then, starting Wednesday, extraordinary prayer meetings were scheduled at Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Deloitte, and elsewhere. Pastors began planning to gather for a sidewalk prayer meeting outside of the stock exchange.
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