Only by a few inches

Yesterday was voting day. In our town, the polling place is at the town hall which is in the same building as the police station. As one faces the town hall building to the left is a parking lot and then beyond that is a church. To the right of the polling place is a narrow driveway and then the fire station and beyond that begins the property of a bank.

As I walked by I noticed two small signs one to the right of the building, and one to the left of the building. The signs were the size of a marker that a utility company will place in the ground marking the location of a underground pipe. These signs read something to the effect, 100 feet from the polls. I'm not sure exactly what the distance was, but you get the idea. The message was clear, no political signs or posters were allowed within that measurement. They had to be posted beyond the 'marker' signs. Just beyond those marker signs indeed the grass was littered with political ads. Now on the side of the church, I'm sure that the property lines were very carefully monitored to ensure that no political signs were on the church property. However, on the other side of the building where the property becomes the firehall, and then the bank's, there was something interesting I found this morning, which was not there yesterday morning when I took my morning walk. Apparently, sometime yesterday, political posters were added to the utility pole. Now that in itself is nothing unusual. Poles are often adorned with signs advertising everything from lost animals, to garage sales, and political candidates. However what made these signs unique, was the fact that the pole was within the measurement, within the area of no posting! It was literally only inches from the border, only about 6 or so inches from the designated line that marked the no posting edge. I noticed that the narrow grassy area had become too cluttered with signs and someone had decided to post signs on the utility pole, obviously thinking that its so close to the limit, it surely must be okay. I also noticed the sign stating the distance was crumpled, but still standing, as if someone didn't want that marker sign to be seen.

There was a clear distinction on the side of the building next to the church, however on the side of the firehall and bank, someone wanted to "blur the lines" and still make it 'right'.

How true this is in other aspects of life. There is a clear distinction with God between right and wrong. There are absolutes. However in the world today, how often do we see blurred lines of right and wrong. How often do we see people, even Christians trying to make something that is wrong~ right, even if it is so close to being right, but yet still in the boundaries of being wrong?