Job 24:15

The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight,

   Think, ‘No one will recognize me’,

      He masks his face.

 

When I think of masks, I think of thieves and burglars. When I think of thieves and burglars, I think of women who go about with their faces hidden all day. And there I am torn. I like for people to follow their religious beliefs, but I also want to be safe from thieves and burglars. The hard part here is that I am a Christian and believe that every other religion is wrong, and therefore, I think making a woman cover her face as part of religion is wrong. Especially, when allowing it allows for thieves and burglars to get an upper hand.

‘Watches’ was also ‘waits’ which does not fit or ‘longs’ which does. ‘Twilight’ was also ‘dusk’.

‘Think’ was also ‘saying’. ‘Recognize’ was ‘see’, ‘glimpse’ or ‘make me out’.

‘Masks’ was also ‘conceals’ and ‘disguises’.

The sin here is adultery. Christians understand the sin, but I often wonder why so much of everything the world hits us with is about sex. Based on my parents, adultery was extra terrible to me, but unless one was a Christian, why does anyone else even care. My mind is telling me next topic please.

Turning to the generic topic of sin, it seems many more people would sin if they thought no one would find out. If I steal a piece of gum, or cuss, or any of the other little sins we can get away with, and no one finds out, do people ask if it really was a sin? For me, the whole concept of sin is stepped in did God tell me to do that or tell me not to do that? I sin all the time, but I am not out killing, lying in court, stealing, envying, and all those other ‘big sins’. This makes me good, right?

I have already started putting off things until Monday. I’ll eat better, I’ll exercise more, I’ll reach out to people, I’ll be more focused at work, and every other thing I can put off until another time. The next four days will be huge in our family, and I do honestly want to put my all into helping make it a great time for everyone, but I know it will be  a battle for me to do only what I want to vs what God would have me do. Hopefully, enough people are praying for me that I do not do too much me only stuff.

Written 10/8/26, Posted 11/8/26, Job 579/~1070