Pondering the consequences of our choices.

Pondering the consequences of our choices.

I read the quote below, and wondered if it’s true for all of us, at the end of our lives.  Not that we’ve all literally killed someone.  But all of us have done something – something we wish we hadn’t done.

Pondering the consequences of our choices.

“I sometimes wonder if offenders think about getting caught, if they ponder the consequences of their choices. I’ve heard of instances in which killers were apprehended after years or even decades on the run and they didn’t fight the police or try to flee. They just went along willingly. Back in the 1980s when the police arrived to capture one serial killer twelve years after his crimes began, he simply said, “It’s about time.” So how does a person go about day-to-day living knowing that at any moment he might be caught and sent to prison for the rest of his life? Waiting. Watching. For the day when the police show up and you say—or at least think—“It’s about time.” Desire. To enticement. To death. Chained souls.” from “Every Crooked Path: The Bowers Files” by Steven James

The reference in the last couple words of the quote – Chained souls – is to something from the book.  It was about people who know they’ve done something wrong, are afraid someone will find out, and it affects every moment of their life.

I can’t help but wonder, especially for people who don’t believe in salvation through Jesus, how much of a “Chained soul” are they?  

Notice, I didn’t say people who aren’t Christian – because, unfortunately, too many Christians don’t actually believe God forgives all our sins.  I’ve heard Christians say / do something – like swearing, and then immediately say, “I’m going to go to Hell”.  If you believe in Jesus – and really understand / believe He died for all of our sins, then – “No, you are not going to Hell!”  So even some who claim to be / think they are Christians have this “Chained soul” within themselves. 

But what about people who don’t even believe in Jesus.  Even religious people who don’t believe in Jesus.  Muslims – it’s a question of whether there is more good or bad in their lives.  Jews – it’s a question of whether or not they have followed all the Mosaic rules.  Atheists – it’s all irrelevant – at least they hope, or have convinced themselves to some level, that it doesn’t matter what they do.


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