The Duck and the Devil

Got this from my grandmother this morning. I searched but didn't find it.

The Duck & the Devil

There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm .
He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He practiced in
the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting a little
discouraged, he headed back for dinner. As he was walking back he saw
Grandma's pet duck.

Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square
in the head, and killed it. He was shocked and grieved.


In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood
pile, only to see his sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she
said nothing.

After lunch the next day Grandma said, "Sally,
let's wash the dishes." But Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny told me he
wanted to help in the kitchen.Then she whispered to him, "Remember the
duck?So Johnny did the dishes.

Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children
wanted to go fishing and Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I need Sally to
help make supper." Sally just smiled and said," Well that's all right
because Johnny told me he wanted to help." She whispered again,
"Remember the duck?" So Sally went fishing and Johnny stayed to help.!

After several days of Johnny doing both his chores
and Sally's... he finally couldn't stand it any longer.

He came to Grandma and confessed that he had
killed the duck.
Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug, and said,
"Sweetheart, I know.



You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the
whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you. I was just
wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you."

Thought for the day and every day thereafter?

Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done...
and the devil keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt,
fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.) ..whatever it
is....You need to know that God was standing at the window and He saw
the whole thing..... He has seen your whole life; He wants you to know
that He loves you and that you are forgiven.

He's just wondering how long you will let the devil
make a slave of you. The great thing about God is that when you ask for
forgiveness, He not only forgives you, but He forgets..... It is by
God's grace and mercy that we are saved.

Go ahead and make the difference in someone's life
today. Share this with a friend and always remember:

God is at the window.

Go ahead and make the difference in someone's life
today. Share this with a friend and always remember:Glurge is the best way to give that impending suicide the nudge it needs.

[MapleLeaf]

God forgets, as well as forgives? Wow. So each sin is my first, so long as I repent properly. I can murder 100000 people. But if I'm truly sorry after each one and ask God for forgiveness in earnest, God will forget about all of them?

[Dropbear]

Originally Posted by MapleLeaf

God forgets, as well as forgives? Wow. So each sin is my first, so long as I repent properly. I can murder 100000 people. But if I'm truly sorry after each one and ask God for forgiveness in earnest, God will forget about all of them?

Thats the basic theology - yes.

No sin is too great to be forgiven if truly repented.

Dropbear

I want to know about Sally. Her moral compass isn't exactly pointing in the right direction if she's bribing her brother to do her chores for her, so I would argue that she shouldn't escape clean in all this.

[Buckle Up]

Originally Posted by Zamboni_Rodeo

I want to know about Sally. Her moral compass isn't exactly pointing in the right direction if she's bribing her brother to do her chores for her, so I would argue that she shouldn't escape clean in all this.

Pff! She's female! Who cares. Y'know, Eve, temptress, etc. Grandmothers are asexual, but that little hussy Sally, she's nuttin but trouble.

I want to know about Sally. Her moral compass isn't exactly pointing in the right direction if she's bribing her brother to do her chores for her, so I would argue that she shouldn't escape clean in all this.

Well it seems the glurge is implying that Sally symbolizes sin.

sin=evil
evil=devil
devil=hell

So little Sally is ebil and will burn for all eternity.

Originally Posted by MapleLeaf

God forgets, as well as forgives? Wow. So each sin is my first, so long as I repent properly. I can murder 100000 people. But if I'm truly sorry after each one and ask God for forgiveness in earnest, God will forget about all of them?

No, no, no, no! You've got it all wrong. You're being far too inefficient. You can get it all done in one fell swoop with a deathbed confession and repentance.

After all, Jesus died for our sins, and if we don't want that sacrifice to be meaningless, we ought to sin as much as possible, right?

[Artemis]

So, if Grandma KNEW the whole time, why was she letting that bitch Sally get away with everything? Grandma's getting a little addled in her old age, me thinks...

[Nonny Mouse]

Originally Posted by Dropbear

Thats the basic theology - yes.

No sin is too great to be forgiven if truly repented.

Dropbear

I would question the sincerity of the repentence if the sin in question were repeated 100,000 times.

Nonny

[inkrose115]

Originally Posted by Nonny Mouse

I would question the sincerity of the repentence if the sin in question were repeated 100,000 times.

Nonny

I find that this supports the fact that you should sin 100,000 times and then repent...
Ink "I didn't know it was wrong those times, really" Rose

[Fantine]

So the message here is that God sees everything you do, but withholds crucial information from you because he thinks it's really funny to watch you suffer.

[SatansHobbit]

But did the sound of a slingshot stone hitting a duck square in the head echo?

[Dropbear]

Originally Posted by Nonny Mouse

I would question the sincerity of the repentence if the sin in question were repeated 100,000 times.

Nonny

But if you believe that there is no small sin (which is what I was taught at Sunday School) and that all sins condemn us before God then that is precisely what happens - we sin thousands of times and each time pray for forgiveness. Whether the sin appears insignificant or not the sin itself condemns us to hell - if not for God's forgiveness which is only gained through a belief Jesus's death and resurrection and faith in Him.*

Dropbear

*Please note here that I am a tentative agnostic leaning towards atheism and do not believe the above, I simply render it as I was told it in catechism classes.

[Ryda Wong, EBfCo.]

You know it's me when, while reading this, I was wondering why little johnny got to play all day and Sally had to do all the chores, when she wanted to go fishing. Seemed pretty fair to me that she got him off his lazy butt so she could get some R&R. I mean, emotional bribery isn't nice, but neither is unfair labor distribution.

Sally's really Lilith, I guess. Just won't accept her place on the bottom.

[Nonny Mouse]

Originally Posted by Ryda Wong, EBfCo.

You know it's me when, while reading this, I was wondering why little johnny got to play all day and Sally had to do all the chores, when she wanted to go fishing. Seemed pretty fair to me that she got him off his lazy butt so she could get some R&R. I mean, emotional bribery isn't nice, but neither is unfair labor distribution.

Sally's really Lilith, I guess. Just won't accept her place on the bottom.

I think you mean blackmail, not bribery. Bribery is when you offer an incentive, not a threat.

Aside from that pedantic little quibble I agree with your point.

Nonny

[Ryda Wong, EBfCo.]

Originally Posted by Nonny Mouse

I think you mean blackmail, not bribery. Bribery is when you offer an incentive, not a threat.

Aside from that pedantic little quibble I agree with your point.

Nonny

P-whaaaa? Ryda is on birthday weekend. therefore ryda brain not work.

[Rachael]

Originally Posted by SatansHobbit

But did the sound of a slingshot stone hitting a duck square in the head echo?

No, and no one knows why.

[Eddylizard]

He came to Grandma and confessed that he had
killed the duck.
Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug, and said,
"Sweetheart, I know.

then added "What do think we had for dinner the other day Jonnny?"

[DawnStorm]

And the duck and the devil and the silver spoon
Little boy blue....

Originally Posted by MapleLeaf

God forgets, as well as forgives? Wow. So each sin is my first, so long as I repent properly. I can murder 100000 people. But if I'm truly sorry after each one and ask God for forgiveness in earnest, God will forget about all of them?

Hypothetically, Yes.
In reality, you could not truly be penitent if you go out and do it again and again and again.
Asking for forgiveness on the Deathbed is similar. If you are truly "sorry," then you wouldn't have done it so many times.

I do wonder if Grandma forgave Sally just as easily, or Grandma put Sally up to it.