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Eschatology review online
By Ron McRay
April 23, 2002
[Editor’s note: Does not the Bible teach that we are to "be ye kind one
toward another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God, for
Christ’s sake, hath forgiven you?" I know this online issue deals with
realized eschatology. But for the very reason of it be fulfilled, it
behooves us to think about how we are to act today. How many times a day
do you think about being kind, courteous and being tenderhearted? Maybe
the following story might help us all a little. Remember the song about
dirt roads? Ron.]
DIRT ROADS
What’s mainly wrong with society today is that too many DIRT ROADS have
been paved.
There’s not a problem in America today, crime, drugs, education, divorce,
delinquency that wouldn’t be remedied, if we just had more DIRT ROADS,
because DIRT ROADS give character.
People that live at the end of DIRT ROADS learn early on that life is a
bumpy ride. That it can jar you right down to your teeth sometimes, but
it’s worth it, if at the end is home … a loving spouse, happy kids and a
dog.
We wouldn’t have near the trouble with our educational system if our kids
got their exercise walking a DIRT ROAD with other kids, from whom they
learn how to get along. There was less crime in our streets before they
were paved.
Criminals didn’t walk two dusty miles to rob or rape, of they knew they’d
be welcomed by 5 barking dogs and a double barrel shotgun. And there were
no drive by shootings. Our values were better when our roads were worse
People did not worship their cars more than their kids, and motorists
were more courteous, they didn’t tailgate by riding the bumper or the guy
in front would choke you with dust and bust your windshield with rocks.
DIRT ROADS taught patience.
DIRT ROADS were environmentally friendly, you didn’t hop in your car for
a quart of milk. You walked to the barn for your milk. For your mail, you
walked to the mail box.
What if it rained and the DIRT ROAD got washed out? That was the best
part, then you stayed home and had some family time, roasted marshmallows
and popped some popcorn and pony rode on Daddy’s shoulders and learned
how to make prettier quilts than anybody. At the end of DIRT ROADS, you
soon learned that bad words tasted like soap.
Most paved roads lead to trouble. DIRT ROADS more likely lead to a
fishing creek or a swimming hole. At the end of a DIRT ROAD, the only
time we even locked our car was in August, because if we didn’t, some
neighbor would fill it with too much zucchini.
At the end of a DIRT ROAD, there was always extra springtime income, for
when city dudes would get stuck, you’d have to hitch up a team and pull
them out. Usually you got a dollar … always you got a new friend … at the
end of a DIRT ROAD!
~By Paul Harvey ~
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