It came about when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, that his soul was annoyed to death.Sometimes sin is fairly simple, something that we do not even think about being wrong until after we have done it. Those incidents are the ones that we will kinda wince at when we realize that we messed up, and will try to make quick amends for. Then there are sins that we fall into, the ones that become bad habits. Those we kick ourselves over time and time again, and never seem to get better.
But there is also a third type of sin, the one that rather than taking the path of the quick raindrop or the ever-present lake, comes as a gentle stream. Always there, always moving and abrading, but doing it so slowly that its effects are unnoticed. The bad habit of a friend or co-worker that annoys us daily. The background hum of a bad lightbulb that causes a headache over the hours. These will slowly grind at us, wearing away our resolve, until one day we snap and sin in a way that we never would under more short-term temptations. For these, the only answer I have ever found to be truly helpful is a steady "dose" of prayer, to constantly build up what is being worn away. Without that rebuilding, failure is only a matter of time.
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