For several years now, I've wondered about them—those bumpy little pads or tiles that cities across America have installed at nearly every intersection. .
Doesn't take a genius to figure that those bumpy tiles—usually a pinkish clay color–are being installed to help the visually impaired. And it makes sense. Walking more than three miles a day, my experience is that cars sometimes come dangerously close to sidewalk intersections. So I welcome this assistance for the visually impaired.
Yet…the cynic in me asks, “Why all of a sudden have municipalities taken up this task? Why the feverish pace? Did city fathers across America suddenly wake up to this urgent concern?
Pardon my cynicism, but I submit this is more about cash than kindness. Somewhere, somebody issued a memo that said UNLESS you install those little bumpy pads, you will no longer get government grants of any kind. Or…”Unless you put ‘em in, we'll sue the britches off you!”
But if cities all across America could unite behind such a massive effort all because of a memo about physical blindness….what about the dangers of spiritual blindness?
Why aren't Christians just as vocal on every street corner… warning of spiritual danger? Of rejecting Christ? (We’re strangely quiet, you know). Do we lack the information? Or do we lack conviction? We need to “Get the memo!” Jesus is still the only way to God. The flames of Hell are still forever.
It's time to get bold in our warning. We need to get the memo! Spiritual danger is REAL danger. So why are we followers of Jesus so silent about that danger? Why aren’t we just as committed to warning the spiritually blind as we are the physically blind?