Blind and Lost

The Blind Men and the Elephant by John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887): It was six men of Hindustan, To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind); That each by observation, Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall, Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl: "God bless me! but the Elephant, Is very like a WALL!" The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, "Ho, what have we here, So very round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis mighty clear; This wonder of an Elephant, Is very like a SPEAR!" The Third approached the animal, And happening to take, The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake: "I see," quote he, "the Elephant, Is very like a SNAKE!" The Fourth reached out an eager hand, And felt about the knee "What most this wondrous beast is like, Is mighty plain," quote he: "'Tis clear enough the Elephant, Is very like a TREE!" The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said: "E'en the blindest man, Can tell what this resembles most; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an Elephant, Is very like a FAN!" The Sixth no sooner had begun, About the beast to grope, Than seizing on the swinging tail, That fell within his scope, "I see," quote he, "the Elephant, Is very like a ROPE!" And so these men of Hindustan, Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion, Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong!

It’s amazing how well this timeless parable fits the situation we find ourselves in this very day in the United States of America. Our government, schools and work-place are being taken over by idealists who are already terrorizing the rest of the world and will soon induct our country with fear we have never known before in our history. While our “leaders”, secular and spiritual, are blindly groping about this invading elephant, arguing over what it is and what might we ought to do about it, it is wandering about dividing and conquering the blind who are being led around by the blind. It seems true investigation and research into any given subject, with eyes wide open, is simply too time consuming anymore and dealing with facts is much harder than simply stating ones own opinion, and calling it fact. If we continue down the road following a pack of self-righteous, politically correct sissy’s, you can bet we’re going to lose everything everyone has ever fought for to make this country free. It seems we don’t have any leadership, in government, in our courts, on our jury’s, in our schools or in our pulpits, willing to stand up and speak the truth in defense of the rights of its citizens. United we’ll stand – Divided we’ll lose it all.

[Psalm 119:129-136] As John Saxe said of the blind men: “Each in his own opinion exceedingly stiff and strong, though each was partly in the right, and all were in the wrong!” A partial view of the Bible is like that. Prejudice blinds many a person to the whole truth. When we are blind to God’s will for man we become poor leaders – simple as that! “...There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God – having a form of godliness (“I’m a Christian”) but denying its power...” (2 Timothy 3:1-9) The whole world is headed into an apostate state, and without God, lost forever.