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BOOK OF GOMER: A PARABLE

These are the generations of Gomer, son of Homer, son of
Omer. And in the days
of Gomer, Noah, the Prophet, went unto the people saying,
"Prepare ye for the
flood which is to come, yea, build yourselves a boat, that ye may
not perish."

Now, Gomer was a member of the Church, and taught Sunday
School and played, yea, even on the ward softball team.

And Gomer's wife said unto him, "Come, let us build unto
ourselves a boat as the
Prophet commandeth, that we may not perish in the flood."

But behold, Gomer saith unto his wife, "Worry not, dear wife, for if
the flood comes
the GOVERNMENT will provide boats for us."

And Gomer did not build a boat. And Gomer's wife went unto
Noah and she returned
saying, "Behold, Honey, the Prophet saith unto us, "Build a boat,
that we may preserve
ourselves and our family, for the government pays men not to
grow trees, wherefore the
government hath not the lumber to build for you a boat."

And Gomer answered saying, "Fear not, oh wife, for am I not the
star pitcher on
the ward softball team? Wherefore, the CHURCH will provide for
us a boat, that we
will perish not."

And Gomer's wife went again unto Noah, and she returned unto
Gomer, saying, "Behold,
mine husband, the Prophet saith that the Church hath not
enough lumber to build a
boat for everyone, wherefore, mine husband, build for us a boat
that we might not
perish in the flood."

And Gomer answered her saying, "Behold, if we build a boat,
when the flood cometh,
will not our neighbors overpower us and take from us our boat;
wherefore, what doth
it profit a man to build a boat?"

And Gomer's wife went again unto Noah and she returned,
saying, "Behold, the Prophet
saith, build unto yourselves a boat, and have faith, for if ye do the
Lord's bidding, He will
preserve your boat for you."

But Gomer answered his wife, saying, "Behold, with this inflation,
the price of wood has
gone sky high, and if we wait awhile, perhaps the price will go
down again. And then I
will build for us a boat."

And Gomer's wife went again unto Noah, and she returned
saying, "Thus saith the Prophet,
build for yourselves a boat RIGHT NOW, for the price of wood will
not go down, but will
continue to go up. Wherefore, oh husband, build for ourselves a
boat, that we may perish not."

But Gomer answered his wife, saying, "Behold, for 120 years
Noah hath told us to build a
boat, to preserve us from the flood, but hath the flood come?
Yea, I say, nay. Wherefore,
perhaps the flood will not come for another hundred and twenty
years.

And Gomer's wife went again unto Noah and returned saying,
"The Prophet saith, he knows
it has been 120 years, but nevertheless, the flood will come,
wherefore, build unto yourselves a boat."

And Gomer answered her saying, "Wherewith shall we get the
money to build ourselves a
boat, for are we not now making monthly payments on our
snazzy new four horsepower
chariot? Wherefore, when our payments end, perhaps we shall
build ourselves a boat."

And Gomer's wife went again unto Noah and returned saying,
"Behold, the Prophet saith
that we should cut down on our recreation, and our vacations,
and even give each other
lumber for Christmas, that we might thereby get enough lumber
to build a boat."

But Gomer saith unto her, "What a drag! Are we to cease
enjoying life, just because
we must build a boat?"

Wherefore, Gomer built not a boat. But behold, one afternoon
Gomer heard thunder
in the sky, and he feared exceedingly and he ran, yea, even to the
lumber yard to
buy lumber. But behold, the lumber store was crowded with
great multitudes, all
seeking to buy lumber, and there was not enough lumber to be
found for the multitudes.

And on the same day were all the fountains of the deep opened,
and the windows of
heaven were broken up, and the floods came -- and behold,
Gomer had no boat.

And as the water rose above Gomer's waist, his wife saith unto
him, "Behold, Honey, I told thee so!"
--- Author Unknown

"The revelation to store food may be as essential to our
temporal salvation today as boarding
the ark was to the people in the days of Noah."
~ President Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, Oct 1973, p
91