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ACCOUNTABILITY
Each year the Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch holds a
contest to highlight the lengths manufacturers must go through to avoid
lawsuits resulting from misuse of their products.
The label winning fourth place in the Wacky Warning
Label Contest was found on the package for a five-inch fishing lure with
three large steel hooks. It read, "Harmful if swallowed." It’s a good thing
fish can't read.
A Virginia man won $250 for a label on a snow sled,
which advised users, "Warning, sled may develop high speed under certain
snow conditions." The first place warning was found on a bottle of drain
cleaner. It read, "If you do not understand, or cannot read all directions,
cautions, and warnings, do not use this product."
Robert Dorigo Jones, president of the nonprofit group
says the warning labels "are a sign of our lawsuit-plagued times." He adds,
"It used to be that if someone spilled coffee in their lap, they simply
called themselves clumsy. Today, too many people are calling themselves
an attorney."
In our society, people don’t always take responsibility
for their actions, but one day, we will all give account for what we’ve
done, and God will hold us accountable.
—Associated Press, Group Points Out Wacky Warning
Labels, January 12, 2004, Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell.
Romans 1:20 NIV "For since
the creation of he world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and
divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been
made, so that men are without excuse."
ACCOUNTABILITY
In his book, Wild at Heart, John Eldredge encourages
men to seek more than accountability partners, he encourages them to find
co-laborers. He writes, “Thanks to the men’s movement the church understands
now that a man needs other men, but what we’ve offered is another two-dimensional
solution: ‘Accountability’ groups or partners. Ugh. That sounds so old
covenant: ‘You’re really a fool and you’re just waiting to rush into sin,
so we’d better post a guard by you to keep you in line.’
“We don’t need accountability groups; we need fellow
warriors, someone to fight alongside, someone to watch our back.”
—Wild at Heart, p. 175 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson
Ephesians 6:12 KJV “For
we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places.”
For more information on Wild at Heart, go to http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0785268839/fm082-20
ACCOUNTABILITY
On June 24, 2009, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford
confessed: “I’ve been unfaithful to my wife.” Sanford, a professing Christian,
and some of his closest friends attribute the unfaithfulness to a lack
of accountability. Governor Sanford held himself aloof of accountability
from those who could have helped him.
Warren Culbertson, who was one of the governor’s best
friends, repeatedly warned him about the necessity of accountability.
After Sanford was elected governor, Culbertson got together a group of
six Christian men to meet regularly with him. The Governor never
let the group get started. Now Sanford agrees that it would have
been a smart thing to do.
Sanford also avoided involvement in a local church.
During his tenure in the capitol, he rarely attended church and had no
local home church.
Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship says spiritually
accountability in public office is rare. This probably accounts for
the increasing number of high profile officials who stumble in the area
of morality.
Hebrews 10:24-26 warns us about forsaking others because
others are the instruments God uses to stimulate us to doing what is right.
--World Magazine July 18, 2009, p. 38-39.
Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell
Proverbs 27:17 “As iron sharpens iron, so one man
sharpens another”
ACCOUNTABILITY
When a Georgia bank teller accidentally posted a customer’s $31,000
deposit to the wrong account, the teenager who received the money by mistake
immediately began a huge spending spree. Records show the names on the
account were the same, and the teller apparently did not double check the
account numbers before entering the total. Before the error was discovered
ten days later, the teen managed to spend $25,000 of the windfall. He reportedly
withdraw $20,000 in cash and used his debit card for another $5,000. The
bank has contacted the young man and asked for the money back, though he
claims he thought the money was part of an inheritance from his grandmother’s
estate. He told bank officials he would come in to settle with them, but
did not show up. The bank says they have warned him that they are serious
and have involved the local police because they intend to prosecute to
get the money back if necessary. Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell.
Bank Deposits 31k into Teen’s Account, Teen Spends It., http://happyplace.someecards.com/30209/bank-deposits-31k-into-teens-account-teen-spends-it,
Accessed March 27, 2014.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 (HCSB) The one who loves money is never satisfied
with money, and whoever loves wealth ?is? never ?satisfied? with income.
This too is futile.
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