SMASH THE BAROMETER
                BUT YOU CAN'T STOP THE STORM!

     Do you recall a hurricane in New England some years ago before

our modern technology of predicting the paths of hurricanes? A

business man had just received an expensive barometer through the

mail. The barometer did not look quite right to him; the pointer was

way over to one side. He shook it, but still it didn't act normally.

In discuss, he boxed it up and sent it back. That afternoon about

four o'clock the wind blew and the rain came and tore up that part of

Long Island. Then the man remembered that he had plenty of warning,

but had not the sense to believe it.

     There is no profit in flying mad at one who would warn you

against some physical danger. So, why become angry at one who warn us

of some spiritual danger. When the alarm clock wakes you at 6:00

a.m., you can silence it or throw it out the window, but it is still

6:00 a.m. If you ignore the alarm, you have not hurt the alarm clock.

     One may do an ostrich act and bury their head in the whirl of

the world and the sands of sin and try to forget you have a soul, God

has a Son, and God has a family, but that does not mean you have

escaped dealing with these important issues of life. One simply

cannot arrest a cancer by refusing to think about it.  Action,

prompt, watchful, thorough and corrective action is necessary in such

a matter.

     Arguing with a barometer or with the Bible does not change the

message. A wise man will not try it. He will realize that only by

coming to the book of God and obeying its every commandment can one

expect to escape the condemnation of Jehovah.
 
    Jack Thompson, preacher for the White Park church of Christ

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