Anything you desire or lust for, you do so greedily... it's our nature.

True story... I was raised "somewhat" Christian lol, but I really didn't apply myself to study until my Dad gave me nice Bible on my 18th birthday. So, feeling fairly confident in myself, I open to Genesis 1 and start reading, until... I get to the story of Cain and Abel. I had heard the story before of course, but reading it for myself left me perplexed. It actually pissed me off lol! Here I am, a fairly intelligent kid, stuck at the very beginning of the Bible. I just didn't get it, I couldn't understand it. I was raised by a career Marine to believe in hard work, taking initiative, and doing your part for God and country! The American dream, right? Yeah', killing your brother is definitely wrong, but why was God so hard on Cain to begin with? He just seemed like a hard working self motivated guy to me, WTF? All Abel did was count sheep! In my mind, God wasn't fair... and I actually blamed God for Cain's transgression. That moment tainted everything else that I read until I finally got to Ecclesiastes. What an epiphany! It suddenly all came together.

My point? Really read the story of Cain and Abel... Think about it! smile