eating its way to the heart!
our secret sins in the light of YOUR
presence." Psalm 90:8
It does not take a rifle-bullet
to destroy a life. Men have died
from little pin-wounds.
Some shepherds once saw an eagle
soar out from a crag. It flew majestically
far up into the sky, but by and by
became unsteady in its motions,
and began to waver in its flight.
At length one wing drooped and
then the other, and the poor bird
struggled vainly for a moment,
and then fell swiftly to the ground.
The shepherds sought the fallen bird,
and found that a little serpent had
fastened itself upon it while it
rested on the crag. The eagle
did not know that the serpent
was there. But the reptile
gnawed in through the feathers,
and while the proud monarch
was sweeping through the air,
the serpent's fangs were thrust
into its flesh, and the eagle
came reeling down into the dust.
This illustrates the story of many
a human life. For a time they seem
quite promising; then suddenly
they struggle and fall. Some secret
sin has long been eating its way
to the heart, and at last the proud life
lies soiled and dishonored in the dust!
We need to be ever on
our watch against these
treacherous and insidious
perils, these little, secret sins--
which, unperceived, work
death in the soul!
you out!" Numbers 32:23
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