Slashing Tyres?

I have often pondered this saying:

I laughed in agreement when I read this quote. I believe many of you will agree with it.

If I were to be a little critical of this quote, other than pointing out the misspelling of tyres, I might say it this way:

"Getting angry at others because of a setback is like slashing your other three tyres because you got a flat."

"Throwing the plant away because it won't give fruit in a week is like slashing your other three tyres because you got a flat."

"You got a flat tyre... did you forget that God has a storage of infinite spare tyres?"

Of course, with whatever decisions we are to make, we are to follow the guidance of the Spirit, the words of the prophets, the counsel of our leaders and be making our own observant and hypothesising judgments along the way.


Now, do the scriptures teach this same principle, that we should not add to our own problems by slashing tyres? It's like the man who said "Oh, I burnt my hand on the stove! I might as well burn my other hand."

"And Samuel said unto the people, fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart" (1 Samuel 12:20).

This shows that though wickedness may disqualify someone from entering the Lord's house or partaking of His sacrament, no one is so unworthy that they are not allowed serve God. With regard to callings, wicked behaviour may place the calling in question due to influencing the Lord's people the wrong way, but never am I so unworthy before God that I cannot donate to the poor, feed the hungry, attend to the needy and liberate captives.

Moral of the story: don't always throw broken things away.