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Thank you, sir, for your wisdom.

 DS>   Admittedly, it's tempting to "do the wrong thing"...but in the long
 DS> run, it's bad for you.

This is a lesson that He has taught me over, and over again...

 DS>   The context for it was what King David did...committing adultery with
 DS> Bathsheba, getting her pregnant. So, he had her husband, Uriah, sent off
 DS> to the hottest part of the battle line, where he'd be killed. David
 DS> thought that "he had gotten away with it", but God saw it all...and sent
 DS> the prophet Nathan to "let the cat out of the bag". He told David a story
 DS> about a pitiless rich man. When David said angrily "That man deserves to
 DS> die!!", Nathan thundered "YOU ARE THAT MAN!!".
 DS> 
 DS>   David did repent and confess his sin, but he lost the child that he
 DS> got out of wedlock, and his family and life were destroyed...not to
 DS> mention that his kingdom was taken away from him. What a price to pay
 DS> to enjoy "the pleasures of sin for a season".

Again, I feel the need to read The Good Book again. Your paraphrase really
drills directly to the point of that lesson...

I can only hope that He continues to forgive me.

 DS>   Admittedly, we don't like to hear about stuff like this, as it hurts
 DS> our pride. But, pride was the first sin in the universe...

Aye, you're quite right! And why I chose to excise my soul, rather than marry
a too-proud woman! And yet, that wound has never healed...

 DS> Our pride won't do any of us a bit of good in Hell...
 DS> and if we had gotten what we deserved, we would've been stamped out of
 DS> existence long ago.

Wars, and rumours of war. Rampant disease. Mountains exploding with sulfur. Do
you not think that this is the End of Days, as well? Am I just paranoid?

May He provide both of us with His Word!

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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