The Clock Ticks Doom and Gloom, A Short Story

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.Proverbs 14:34 (NIV)

Doom and gloom, doom and gloom, ticked the clock tower.

The friends noticed the pilot light was out again. The last match having been used days ago. The cold seeped into their home and chilled their bones. The ash in the fire place were piling too high. Someone should clean it, yet no one agreed on how to to do it. The ash was so high that new logs could not be placed in the fire pit for burning. The pilot light on the gas stove had been their last source of good heat.

Some wanted to put the ash in a bucket and find a use for the spent coals - maybe they could sell them for more matches to light the pilot light.

Some wanted to let the coals pile up because just maybe the sight of the pile would remind them of the warmth they once had and how bad that warmth was because others had never had fire to heat their homes.

Others still wanted to clean up the dead coals and toss them out. They wanted to clean the fireplace and set a new standard that allowed room for new logs to burn. The other scoffed at it. They had grown so accustomed to the ash and soot that to change it would mean someone might take advantage and actually get warm.

The ones who wanted to put the ash in an old bucket did just that. They collected the ash and saved it for a new day. Unfortunately, the new day did not dawn, and they were left with the useless ash and with new ash piling up.

The ones who wanted to keep the ash in place were pleasantly surprised by the new build up of ash and soot. They declared that an end to the heat would come this very day if others did not hand over their matches to help light the pilot light. Unfortunately, the amount of matches had so drastically been reduced that those who tired to pay the match debt found themselves without room near the fire and increasingly became colder.

The ones who wanted to clean up the mess and create a new fresh way for all to enjoy the fire were told to sit in the back of the room. Their ideas were just too radical and would mean too much change. Besides, someone would actually have to go to work and clean the fireplace, and those in charge would have power taken from the control they maintained on the fireplace. No way.

So those who wanted to clean the fireplace and bring fresh fire just sat and watched the folly.

Author - David Grace

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Of course if you want to see change in life, sometimes you have to take drastic steps to change. Sometimes you have to watch others continue to ruin things before they admit they need help.

So, don't give up on the FairTax - the Democrats are making an incredible mess. Of course, they called it change - but what's different? The same Clinton staff have return to the White House. The same Democrats are spending like crazy and calling 9000 earmarks "necessary spending". Oh yeah, there are some guilty Republicans also!

Too bad liberals hate the free markets so much. With the FairTax, we may actually start a fire that warms us all, but then who could they manipulate if government could not pull the strings on unjust taxation.

As for the verse from Proverbs, don't forget to check out the 50 Day Challenge. This is a grassroots effort to get our nation back in tune with God's leading. Leave a comment....