WACKY WARNINGS By Pastor Rick
Sams
The 11th annual "Wacky Warning Label contest is
history. Held each year in Detroit and sponsored by the Michigan Lawsuit
Abuse Watch, the contest is designed to show just how broken America�s civil
justice system is, and to stop predatory lawyers from filing ridiculous claims
against innocent product makers.
Some of the actual labels the top prize
winners submitted prove their point. On a T shirt iron-on decal: "Do not
iron on while wearing shirt. On a small storage pouch that attaches to a
child�s stroller: "Do no put child in bag. (We always used a grocery
bag). How about: "Vanishing fabric marker should not be used to sign legal
documents. (Review, 12/13, 2007, p. D4).
I�ve found some of
my own, like this one for warning our daughters about unsuitable suitors
(stamped clearly on forehead) "His gene pool could use a little chlorine.
As a disclaimer on fad diet books: "You�ve fought way too hard to the top of the
food chain to be a vegetarian. On the dash boards of all cars: "Forget
about world peace...visualize using your turn signal. On your personal
calendar: "Warning: distant dates are closer than they appear. On the
latest self-esteem books: "Always remember you're unique, just like everyone
else. Wherever they sell lottery tickets:
"The lottery is a tax on
people who are bad at math. On the refrigerator door: "Lead me not into
temptation, I can find it myself. On me when I�m acting a little crazy: "I
don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it. God gives a lot of
helpful warnings in His Word because He loves us so much. He tells us what
paths lead to disease, destruction and death.
And He points out the road to
real living. Then He begs us to choose life: "See, I set before you today
life and prosperity, death and destruction…For I command you to love the Lord
your God, to walk in his ways…then you will live and increase and the Lord your
God will bless you…I have set before you life and earth, blessings and
curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live…
(Deuteronomy
30:15-19).
Will you hear and heed God�s life-giving
warnings?