Plastic?
Good Morning,
We all know that these evil plastic bags the stores SELL us are bad. I mean, honestly, how could any decent citizen use a plastic bag to carry their groceries? So to help motivate us to not use these satanic bags, the store charges us for them, and that makes it all somehow better?
Some of you still use those demented plastic bags though, really, how could you in good conscience use that grocery bag at the checkout line? You have seen her, the lady in front of you in line is the conscientious shopper, the one who brought her own cloth bags; she is revered as a noble citizen of planet earth. The dirty bag, used over and over is pulled out and proudly set on the counter, and the admiring glances of others see someone with a heart of gold.
The box boy (sorry, box person for they themselves are not sure of their gender today) picks up the meat, wrapped in plastic, and places it in the cloth bag. The milk, cheese, deli potato salad, lunch meat, and organic cereal (all wrapped in plastic) is securely placed in the dirty cloth bag. Wait, I see organic apples, oranges, and broccoli that are also placed in a plastic bags (somehow different from those vile bags at the check out stand). The ice cream is in a plastic tub; the orange juice is in a plastic bottle, and the bacon (even health-conscious folks love bacon) is also sealed in plastic.
While stopping by Costco, the nature-loving person buys their Kirkland coffee in a plastic container, their organic blueberries in a plastic bag, and their chocolate tuxedo cake in a plastic container. Carefully carrying these items out of the store, without the purchase of an evil plastic bag, the royal shopper places everything in their electric car (made half of plastic and powered by electricity produced by coal), and drives home feeling as if they have made a difference for mankind.
Really, if we want to make a difference, perhaps we should teach a Sunday school class and tell others how to get to Heaven and out of this messed-up world. If we want to make a difference, let us keep our bus routes picking up the poor and forgotten. If we wish to help our family, perhaps we should shut off the television, eliminate the screens, and read books or even read the Bible together. Now, there is an idea that will help the world.
2 Peter 3:10 “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”
God is going to burn this world – cloth bags and electric cars included. He will literally burn it! These things simply do not matter much to the Lord. May we stay busy telling others how to be saved and how to secure a home in Heaven. Forget the silly little things invented by blind, emotionally-guided, deluded men (like not using plastic bags) and learn the Word of God. May we focus on things that truly will make a difference.
Pastor