Do you
remember hearing the story of the frog in the pot of boiling water? The frog is
placed in the water over the heat. The frog is alive. The heat gradually, ever
so gradually, begins to heat, and as the heat increases, the frog adapts to the
increasing temperature. He doesn't notice.
Soon the
water is boiling. The frog notices then, but it is too late. The frog is
boiling and he dies.
Boy, that's
an encouraging little story, right? Not.
It seems to
be an appropriate story for the condition of our country. We are the frogs in
the water. The heat is increasing.
More riots.
More destruction. More devastation of lives.
But that's
not all…as if that weren't enough!
Drought,
pestilence, diseases like measles popping up all over the place, earthquakes, economic
instability. There are threats from all types of radical extremist groups as
well. Mix in the Boston Marathon bombing
with the threats and presence of radical cell groups throughout the nation, and
it appears that we are in "hot water".
"Oh, these
things have always gone on," you might say.
No. Never
like this that I can remember; never with all kinds of things happening at the
same time.
The water
has been heating for some time. And dear readers, we are in trouble.
Let's look in the pot. The pot of water has
several kids of frogs in that water.
One kind of
frog is swimming around, having a good time, living in "La la" land,
and noticing nothing. He is pumping his legs, and moving his front feet, and
ignoring the others. He is looking to just "enjoying" life, swimming
in his little area, doing what he has to
do to get by, and totally blind and oblivious to the heat. He doesn't care, and
doesn't care to learn more.
Another
frog is not paddling very much. He's just watching. But he definitely is
planning his escape out of the pot. Right now he is so concerned with the
temperature of the water, that all he can say is that, "I am very
uncomfortable about this water, and I think there is going to be trouble soon.
But I am going to just stay quiet and hope for the best. I am not going to say
ANYTHING to the other two frogs, because they will think I am crazy!" This
frog needs to be challenged to action.
Let's look at the third frog. He is the bold one. He knows its not going to get
better unless he can get the fire turned off. He is praying, and he knows that
things are correctible but that he needs more on his side. He is loud and vociferous, and speaking the
truth about the situation. The others just move to the edge of the pot. They do
not want to hear it.
Where are
you?
You see, we
are in a crisis right now. Our wonderful America is beginning to suffer for
her backsliding and ignorance of the morality, faith, and sacrifice that she
once considered the backbone of the nation. She is ignoring and mistreating her
friends in the world, and acting arrogantly.
These frogs
in the pot…well, they are examples of different groups of people..and as you
can see, the first frog is really not interested. He thinks life will go on
just like it has forever, and he is totally not aware of much.
The third
frog is up to date. He sees that there are hard times ahead. The water is
getting hotter and he is aware. Totally. But there are not as many of him as
there are number one frogs.
It's the
number two frog that needs to be told to wake up.
Who can
tell the frog HOW he can get out of that pot?
Oh, I
forgot to tell you something!
There's a
large spoon holder floating in the pot. It's got a label. There's a place to
go, if the frogs choose to notice, to be humble, to repent, and to open their
eyes.
They can
find refuge from the water and the heat.
But will
they?
I think the
third frog will climb in. And hopefully he will encourage the others to do the
same. I hope so.
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