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Re: Would You Shoplift to Feed Your Children?
An excuse can be found for the man who had an affair because his wife wouldn't sleep with him.
An excuse can be found for the woman who hates her neighbor because her neighbor is rude.
An excuse can be found for the drunkard who drinks because he is depressed.
An excuse can be found for the man who hates his father because his father was abusive.
An excuse can be found for the woman who takes the Lord's name in vain because she is frightened.
An excuse can be found for the poor man to covet his wealthy neighbor's possessions.
An excuse can be found for the person who lies to prevent his family from being humiliated.
The presence of excuses doesn't mean the unrighteous act will be excused by God.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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