“One time I saw wicked men given a solemn burial in holy ground. When the people returned to the city, they delivered flowery eulogies\u2014and in the very place where wicked acts were done by those very men! More smoke. Indeed. Because the sentence against evil deeds is so long in coming, people in general think they can get by with murder. Even though a person sins and gets by with it hundreds of times throughout a long life, I\u2019m still convinced that the good life is reserved for the person who fears God, who lives reverently in his presence, and that the evil person will not experience a \u201cgood\u201d life. No matter how many days he lives, they\u2019ll all be as flat and colorless as a shadow\u2014because he doesn\u2019t fear God.” Ecclesiastes 8:10-13 (The Message)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“One time I saw wicked men given a solemn burial in holy ground. When the people returned to the city, they delivered flowery eulogies\u2014and in the very place where wicked acts were done by those very men! More smoke. Indeed. Because the sentence against evil deeds is so long in coming, people in general think they can get by with murder. Even though a person sins and gets by with it hundreds of times throughout a long life, I\u2019m still…<\/p>\n