Almost always, the first ripple of the pebble of iniquity, as it enters the water of our possible reactions to adversity, is personal. Let us move, slowly, to understanding of this dynamic. First, realize that, your action (or inaction) is the pebble. Therefore, you–the pebble–receive the inward directed pressure of the recompense that precedes the outward ripple, or ripples. Your personal ripple is of this sort.
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty;
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(Exodus 34:6-7a)
. . . Once that inward pressure has been applied; ripples proceed outward, thusly: visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. (Exodus 34:7b)
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