“And he who was seated on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’ Also he said, ‘Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.'”—Revelation 21:5 (ESV)
Fresh. It is a word we hear on a daily basis on our travels around Lebanon and in our visits with TOF partners here. It modifies the word “money.” Fresh money. Coming from a printing family, I imagine they are speaking of freshly printed banknotes, the ones that come easily from the ATM when we insert our plastic cards and punch in our PINs.
But fresh money here is something different. It is the money that comes to you after the economic crisis began in Lebanon many months ago.
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