Posted by
peripheral on Thursday, June 18, 2009 8:30:45 AM
From My
Perspective - - -
An interesting Children’s Fable/Fairy Tale
tells of Henny-Penny’s desire to give a warning to the King. The story line is:
“ONE day Henny-penny was picking up corn in the corn yard
when--whack!--something hit her upon the head. 'Goodness gracious me!' said
Henny-penny; 'the sky's a-going to fall; I must go and tell the king.' So she
went along and she went along and she went along till she met Cocky-locky.
'Where are you going, Henny-penny?' says Cocky-locky. 'Oh! I'm going to tell the
king the sky's a-falling,' says Henny-penny. 'May I come with you?' says
Cocky-locky. 'Certainly,' says Henny-penny. So Henny-penny and Cocky-locky went
to tell the king the sky was falling. They went along, and they went along, and
they went along, till they met Ducky-daddles, etc.” They keep adding to this
envoy/entourage until they happen upon the opportunist – Foxy-Woxy. Foxy-woxy
schemes and sets a trap by telling the others of the wrong way to go – and if
they follow his directions – he will have an easy prey and
meal!
On the Highway, most Warning Signs are
ignored. How many people reinterpret Speed Limit Signs by their belief that 55
MPH means one can drive at 62 MPH? How many ignore No Passing Zones because
they’re able to see nothing is coming in the other direction (besides – one is
in a hurry, or – everyone does it)? We may have been conditioned to ignore Signs
and Warnings because of Dumb Signs and Dumb Warnings, such as: (1) At entrance
to jail a sign reads, ‘No weapons beyond this point.’ Message is also written in
Braille underneath. Sheriff’s Dept., Warren County, IN; (2) Caution water on
road during rain. Clemson, SC; (3) Warning: For indoor or outdoor use only.
Christmas Lights; (4) Caution: Contents may catch fire. On Match Box; (5)
Warning: Do not attempt to remove blade while lawnmower is running or plugged
into an outlet. Craftsman Push Mower… The list can be much longer. The point is
that we can easily become desensitized to Labels; Signs; Warnings; etc. because
so many of them express the mundane or the
obvious.
The activities of Government have been
happening at an increased level of urgency and speed. Speed is not the friend
and ally it is made out to be. Ed Feulner, President of the Heritage Foundation,
in writing about the Stimulus and other Actions of this Administration and
Congress reminds us: “Sin in haste, repent at leisure, the saying goes. Well,
our government just acted in haste. And American taxpayers will be repenting
that action for years to come.” The suggested Universal Health Care Plan with an
estimated cost of $1.6 Trillion will still leave 30 Million with no Health Care
Coverage. How can that be? Why the rush (before July 4th)? What is the
consequence for The Nation and the enlarged Deficits? Why is it that few seem to
care that we are Bankrupt and will soon be indentured to China or some other
Nation? Whatever happened to the Checks and Balances within our Government? Is
anyone sensitive to the times in which we live? Should there be an Iranian-Type
reaction/protest-rally to a Government racing out of control with no knowledge
of how to apply the brakes to either slow down and/or
stop?
There is a clear Warning in II Timothy 3:1-5, “But understand this,
that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be
lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their
parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without
self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with
conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of
godliness, but denying its power.” We read in I Timothy 4:1-2, “Now the Spirit
expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed
to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having
their own conscience seared with a hot iron (desensitized to right and
wrong)…”We seem to be living in the midst of a decadent and decaying culture.
The level of indifference toward sound fiscal policy is at a high level. The
momentum is moving the Nation at an accelerated rate toward impotency and
insignificance. The projected deficit for the coming decade means every citizen
is indebted at more than $200,000 per person. Are you going to be able to ante
up your portion of this indebtedness? Will it require the Government issuing you
a personal Bill for that amount to cause you to begin to Care? You need to Care!
You need to be part of the Solution – not a continuing part of the
Problem!