There’s something about the “cash for clunkers” economic stimulus that I find inspiring. Not interested right now in debating the issue of the policy’s wisdom. Am just intrigued with the idea that buyers are able to get a 3,500 to 4,500 dollar cash rebate for a gas hog … while helping car companies lower their inventory in the process.
Who ever would have thought that old (or not so old) junker could be worth so much?
For some reason, the deal reminds me of the Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty quote that has welcomed so many of our ancestors to America with the words:
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
The idea of broken things given value– reminds me of the One who is willing to take our hopelessly wasted lives, pay the ultimate price for the mess we give him, and then tell us that he cares for us with a boundless, unending love and commitment.
Yeh, the “cash for clunkers” idea, and even the Ellis Island quote, may not be worthy comparisons. But, how ever they’re doing it…am grateful to be able to begin the day thinking about the words of Isaiah the prophet who wrote in behalf of the One who later died for us,
“The high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in that high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I refresh the humble and give new courage to those with repentant hearts” (Isaiah 57:15).
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