What if God should go on strike?

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WHAT IF GOD SHOULD GO ON STRIKE THIS POEM APPEARED IN DEAR ABBY
OF A LOCAL NEWSPAPER. IT WAS COPYRIGHTED IN 1972 AND DEAR ABBY
WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO RUN IT IN HER COLUMN. THOUGHT YOU ALL
MAY LIKE READING IT AS MUCH AS I DID

HOW GOOD IT IS THAT GOD ABOVE HAS NEVER GONE ON STRIKE,
BECAUSE HE WAS NOT TREATED FAIR IN THINGS HE DIDN'T LIKE,
IF ONLY ONCE HE'D GIVEN UP AND SAID, "THAT'S IT, I'M
THROUGH!" I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THOSE ON EARTH SO THIS IS
WHAT I'LL DO. I'LL GIVE MY ORDERS TO THE SUN CUT OFF THE
HEAT SUPPLY! AND TO THE MOON--GIVE NO MORE LIGHT AND RUN
THE OCEANS DRY. THEN JUST TO MAKE THINGS REALLY TOUGH
AND PUT THE PRESSURE ON, TURN OFF THE VITAL OXYGEN TILL
EVERY BREATH IS GONE, YOU KNOW HE WOULD BE JUSTIFIED
IF FAIRNESS WAS THE GAME, FOR NO ONE HAS BEEN MORE
ABUSED OR MET WITH MORE DISDAIN THAN GOD, AND YET HE
CARRIES ON SUPPLYING YOU AND ME, WITH ALL THE FAVORS OF
HIS GRACE, AND EVERYTHING FOR FREE. MEN SAY THEY WANT
A BETTER DEAL AND SO ON STRIKE THEY GO, BUT WHAT A DEAL
WE'VE GIVEN GOD TO WHOM ALL THINGS WE OWE. WE DON'T
CARE WHOM WE HURT TO GAIN THE THING WE LIKE BUT WHAT
A MESS WE'D ALL BE IN.

AUTHOR: WALT HUNTLEY, ONTARIO,CANADA