NO PRESBYTERIAN FRIENDS

THE WORDS OF A FELLOW AMERICAN, JACK LOCHRIE, FROM MICHIGAN COME TO MIND EVERY TIME I HEAR THE MISGUIDED PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM MY PRESBYTERIAN FRIENDS. JACK SAID, "SO MANY SLAVISHLY SUCCUMB TO THE SIREN SONG OF THE SELF-ANOINTED DO-GOODERS." ALLITERATION ONLY ENHANCES THIS MESSAGE THAT 'EVERYONE IS A FOLLOWER IN THIS AGE OF HEDONISM, SELF-ESTEEM AND POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. MY PRESBYTERIAN FRIENDS ( FIENDS, WITH EACH TYPING SLIP OF MY KEYBOARD) PREACH THAT WE ALL HAVE WORTH. I (GOD) DON'T MAKE JUNK. THEY REMIND US. EVEN IF YOU HAVE DONE SOME "BAD THINGS," SOME "VERY BAD THINGS," YOU ARE STILL LOVED. NO HINT IS EVERY GIVEN IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. GOD WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY FORGIVE YOU FOR AN UNREMITTING AND UNREPENTANT LIFESTYLE THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE PERMANENT CHANGE. THIS IS WHERE JACK’S ALLITERATIVE WORDS, WELL PUT, PROVIDE SUMMATION.

MY PRESBYTERIAN FRIENDS SHOULD LOOK TO GILLETTE'S (THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY) MISSION STATEMENT FOR GUIDANCE. ITS OBJECTIVE IS TO "BUILD TOTAL BRAND VALUE BY INNOVATING TO DELIVER CUSTOMER VALUE." GIVEN THAN WE ARE BOTH THE PRODUCT OF GOD'S CREATION AND HIS PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMER FOR HEAVEN, WE HUMANS SHOULD BE ACCUMULATING VALUABLE LIVES INVOLVING ON-GOING CHANGES THAT MAKE US INDISPENSABLE CONSUMERS OF GOD'S DIVINE MERCY, HAPPINESS AND LOVE.

MY PRESBYTERIAN FRIENDS LACK THE COURAGE TO DEMAND THIS OF EACH OF US.