WHAT IS SIN?

 

by HELEN STEINER RICE

 

 

WE ASK "WHAT IS SIN"

AND HOW DOES IT BEGIN,

DOES IT COME FROM WITHOUT

OR BEGIN FROM WITHIN?

WELL, SIN IS MUCH MORE

THAN AN ACT OR A DEED,

MORE THAN "FALSE WITNESS"

OR AVARICE AND GREED,

MORE THAN ADULTERY

OR KILLING OR STEALING,

SIN STARTS WITH A THOUGHT

OR AN UNWORTHY FEELING

LONG BEFORE IT BECOMES

AN ACT, WORD OR DEED,

FOR IT GROWS DEEP WITHIN

LIKE A POISONOUS WEED-

IT'S SOMETHING WE NURTURE

AND THEN CULTIVATE

BY CONJURING UP EVILS

WE THEN IMITATE,

AND THE LONGER WE DWELL

ON THIS EVIL WITHIN

THE GREATER OUR URGE

AND DESIRE TO SIN,

AND THE LESS OUR RESTRAINT

OF UNWHOLESOME SENSATIONS

TO DENY TO OUR BODIES

FULL GRATIFICATIONS-

AND THE MORE THAT WE SIN

THE LESS WE DETECT

THAT IN SINNING WE LOSE

OUR OWN SELF-RESPECT

AND SLOWLY WE SINK

TO A STILL LOWER LEVEL

UNTIL WE BECOME MERELY

"DUPES OF THE DEVIL,"

FOR SIN IS SO SUBTLE

AND IT SLIPS IN WITH EASE

AND IT GETS A FIRM HOLD

WHEN WE DO AS WE PLEASE-

SO ASK GOD TO HELP YOU

TO CONQUER DESIRE

AROUSED BY THE THOUGHTS

THAT HAVE SET YOU AFIRE,

AND REMEMBER IN SINNING

THERE IS NO LASTING JOY

FOR ALL SIN CAN DO

IS DEGRADE AND DESTROY!

 HAVE A BLESSED SUNDAY ALL!!!

YOUR FRIEND AWAYS

PAULINE R

 

Dear Father, king of the ages,

Would that your people were already filled! Would that they were
already rich! Would that they were already kings and sharing the
reign with each other! For then I would be sharing in it too.

We know all this grandeur awaits us in the kingdom that is to
come, but for now, give us the endurance to follow your apostles in
a parade that is a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
Many are strong, but we may have to put up with weakness. Many are
held in honor, but we may be held in disrepute. We may have to be
hungry and thirsty, ill-clad, buffeted and homeless, and we may
have to do toilsome labor with our hands.

When I am reviled, help me to bless in return. When I am
persecuted, help me endure. When I am slandered, help me be
conciliatory. To follow your apostles in this parade, I am willing
to become the refuse of the world, the offscouring of all things!

In the name of Jesus, give me a willing heart! Amen.  A Prayer for me as much as it is for you, whom i am blessed to know... to many to thank. Have an awesome Palm Sunday!!  AdlandPrayerWarrior.

A Special Hello To Pauline and Everyone Here A Adland,

Before I came here I was about to throw in the towel. Frustration was my middle name. I was really down, from going one thing to another trying to earn an income without any results. Within my first day here I had many people reach out to me and invited me to be their friend. You can't imagine how much this unselfish extension of friendship meant to me. It sent my spirits soaring to unbelievable heights. One person most of all I want to Thank for her enduring friendship. She has helped me immensely, by showing me the way to move forward, toward making my dreams become a reality. Brenda (Bj) Burgess I want to personally Thank You for sticking by me and being my  mentor. Without you and all of the other people who extended a welcome and their friendship, I probably would have given it all up. I personally believe with all my heart that Adland is the greatest place on the internet.

I extend an open invitation to everyone here at Adland to be my friend.

With my heartfelt wishes, I wish everyone good health and prosperity with GOD"S Blessing.

Gary Fowler       

Hi Pauline, I want to thank you for having this forum! because I do have two adland guys to thank for posting at my forum... Joe Downing and Steven Suchar came by and said hi and I in turn visited links they left... If you have a new friend to introduce to the Adland Community... one way to do so is to mention them at my New Freinds thread http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/612033/ShowThread.aspx The main forum is List All Your Ventures and you can do that while you're there as well! thanks Pauline! your friend, Beth

Hi Pauline,

I wanted to say a special thank you to everyone that posted in my POTW forum. I also want to thank each one that sent me special personal messages that were not seen in the forum. I can't even remember how many there were. I lost count at 40 something. Each person in this community is very special and has a unique  personality and that is what makes Adlandpro so very awesome and I am so very proud to be a part of it .. Thanks again everyone you made me feel so very special .. I love you all dearly.

May G-d bless you all in everything always,

Geketa