Contemplative Bible Reading

Proverbs 20:17 (New Living Translation)

Stolen bread tastes sweet,
but it turns to gravel in the mouth.

A generation or two ago, a counter culture hero in America wrote a book about how to steal everything needed to get by. There was some quote about how stolen food tastes better.

Well, every culture, every generation or two, has such counter culture heroes who teach shortcuts to life and such. Read, however, the above Proverb. It all eventually turns to a mouthful of gravel.

And if you have never fallen unexpectedly and had a mouthful of gravel, try it, or don’t try it and take my word for it…it is pretty bad. The taste, texture, and odor are quite…distasteful.