Old Man River!

He does keep rolling along! Why is the world continuing, is a question that we ask in our grief. That song is a reminder that this economy continues, when cotton was king, it kept going. When the industrial revolution was king the Mississippi kept on flowing. When slavery was rampant the Mississippi was flowing and there is a beauty in the fact that the world will continue long past us, if Jesus tarries.
In times like these, we need a Savior! In times like these, we need a hope beyond, even the mighty Mississippi River's continuance. It will continue rolling along and if we take our motivation from the consistency that God placed in her, we too will be much blest. One wave upon another and God adds grace upon grace and strength upon strength and generation upon generation.
The economy does not revolve around the River anymore and the economy does not revolve around the slave trade anymore and there will be some shoulder to swing the economy in this next millenium through the ingenuity of some genius. Wait and work and pray and try and God will prosper, by and by.