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How can I have thoughts of staying to myself when uxorial duties dictate otherwise?

We are all guilty. Culpability is our commonality. What are you guilty of? Is it the same as me? For every human there is a different level and genre of guilt. Some are criminal. Some are heinous malefactors. Some are miscreants. Some are devious. Some are deviants. Some are très annoying. Some are just stupid.

I guess I’m something like that. I went to the electronics store and asked about a USB today, for my new All-in-one I got for Christmas, and when I was served, I said thank you and walked out of the store—almost. Before the outer doors I suddenly thought, “Wait! Did I pay for this? No! I did not pay for this! What the ???” And immediately turned around and went in to pay, thanking Heaven that I was not stopped by thugs-in-blue security guys. What would have been worse would have been to not get caught and realize later that I had walked out without paying. I would have had to make a trip back just for that, and then try to explain what happened. “I am not a crook!”

God forgives people.

“Dieu me pardonnera—c’est son métier.” –Heine

But He forgives to save us from the full effects of the punishments for sin ; and there must be a price for peccancy. Better to have never sinned than to have sinned and … wait… that’s loved and lost than never to have… something.

Dona nobis pacem.