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Cleaning Up your Room
By John
Where
do I begin? I can remember as a child saying that to myself after I was told by
my Mother one Saturday morning to "clean up" my bedroom. It was a warm
sunny day and I wanted to go out and play with my friends, but that was not to
be the case this day. This particular Saturday it would seem that I had my work
cut out for me. As I looked around my room at the mess that was made of it, I
thought to myself "how on earth did I ever let it get this bad"! Where
do I begin? What am I going to do with all this stuff? And so began the ever so
disappointing, long and tough task of cleaning up the mess that was made.
As I
sat there I have to admit that I was not overly enthusiastic about the
monumental task ahead of me. When you’re 11 years old you would be surprised
at all the great ideas you can come up with to speed things along! "If I
could only get this done quickly, I could get out of here!" Funny how
the brain works harder than the hands. Then the answer comes, if I just put this
stuff where it can't be seen, that's the answer! So in the closet, and under the
bed...!And what do you know, finished! All in about 20 minutes.
As I
hurried down the stairs, I yelled out to my Mother that I was done and that I
would be outside in the yard. I don't think I have to tell you that my stay
outside only lasted about 5 minutes. That's right. Mom went up and inspected my
work and my "bright idea" of hiding the mess instead of cleaning it up
had been discovered. My Mother quickly put me back to work, and I dared not try
to take any chances with any more of my "bright ideas"!
I
mention this childhood story because I think most of us can relate to it, and
even though we are older now, we now find ourselves sitting in our homes looking
at the mess that our nation is in - a mess created by our elected officials and
national leaders because our people kept sweeping little bits and pieces under
the bed and taking the easy way out all the while expecting our problems to be
fixed by someone else. Now the problems piled high like a mountain of garbage.
Secretly, we hope our mother or someone else will clean up the mess.
It's
not a "mess" of toy's cluttering the floor, it's a mess of
"illegal immigration." Its not unfolded clothes, it's
"pornography". Instead of dirty laundry or dishes, it's a high divorce
rate, corporate greed, abortion, financial exploitation, and eradication of
Christian ideals, growing homosexuality, and racial genocide.
Who is
going to clean up the mess our nation faces, our elected officials? Doubtful,
they are masters at "hiding things in "the closet" or "under
the bed." I'm afraid that task has been left up to you and I. So, Where do
we begin? Well, there are some things that we can do.
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A good place to start is prayer! We live in a nation that has seemingly turned
it's back on God and his holy word. These "modern" day churches seem
to only be preaching a message that will "tickle the ears" of their
congregations and fill their collection baskets! So we must pray for our nation.
Prayer should be first and foremost!
(2)
Our people are
suffering from a feeling of hopelessness, so if we haven't already, we need to
become as active as possible in reaching out to our people, and the best way to
do that is through our Knights literature. There are many different fliers
available at the National office with a good Christian message that our people
need to hear. So if you haven't as of yet, contact the National office and order
some or download some off the members’ page or the main site and make copies
yourself.
(3)
As my
mother held me accountable for the mess I had made of my room, we also need to
hold accountable those elected officials who have allowed our nation to fall
into the mess it's now in. We as citizens cannot, nor should we be expected to
be satisfied with the "hide the mess under the bed" plan. If my mother
had not held me accountable for the mess I had made, then ultimately the messy
condition of the room becomes her fault, because she did not speak up or attempt
to remedy the situation.
We need
to tell our representatives to clean it up! Write letters to your local, state,
and federal representatives and let your voice be heard, let them know that they
will be held accountable for the mess that they have allowed this nation of ours
to become, not by our strength, but by the strength of God who raises and tears
down leaders at His will.
Yes, we do face the
monumental task of cleaning up our nation and reaching our people. We must take
the responsibility upon ourselves. Nobody is going to do it for us. It's not an
easy task and will not be achieved overnight, but if we all work together with
guidance of The Almighty, the job of cleaning up our nation can and will be
done.
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