Grass Roots Quiz

 

Can You Sympathize with the Common Man?

Or,

Are You Disconnected from these Grass Roots Taxpayers?

Have you ever washed your clothes in a laundromat? 

Have you ever lived in a basement suite or a bachelor suite? 

Have you ever had a roommate for financial reasons? 

Have you ever picked berries for a pie to be made? 

Have you ever worked on a construction site or washed pots and pans for a living? 

Have you ever milked a cow?  

Have you ever had blisters on your palms or feet from working?

Do you have a close relative or good friend who’s in the military or who drives a tractor-trailer for a living? 

For men: have you ever changed a tire? For women, have you ever knitted socks or mittens?  

For men: have you ever killed an animal while hunting? For women: have you ever caught a fish while fishing? 

8-10: You get an A. You are a blade of grass. No matter how rich you get, remember what you are, where you come from, and act like it. 

5-7: You get a B. You may be a blade of grass. Do not lose the connections that you have. How about taking your clothes to the laundromat this weekend to kindle your green sensibilities? 

2-4: You get a C. If you are a blade of grass, you are barely one. It may be that you have lived, or are living, in ivory tower society. If you have some relatives or friends who are greener than you are, how about showing more interest in their lives? If you don’t have green relatives or friends, you are in danger of looking down on the grass roots. 

0-1: You get an F. I don’t see how you can possibly be a grass roots member of society. I hope you never call yourself one. It may be that like a certain billionaire, you connect and sympathize with grassy citizens. I hope so. In that case, you get an A for being a humble aristocrat. If, however, you are in an ivory tower looking down on the grass with contempt, climb down, get with some grass, and get some dirt under your skin. You will be encouraged by the connections that you make, and you will be on your way to achieving a greener grade.

 

We are not saved from guilt and hell by how low or high our station in life is. But how high in life is most consistent with acknowledging the LORD and obeying his commandments? “Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain” (Proverbs 30.8, 9.) Congruent with this, churches have been populated, more often than not, by persons of the middle class, persons who like both law and order and modest lifestyles. We are not reconciled to God through middle class living; but this is where we are most apt to find ourselves humble enough and civil enough to reach out to ‘the God of the whole earth’ (Isaiah 54.5.) And the middle class is the best and happiest place to be after we have got, by repentance and faith, Jesus Christ for our Redeemer.