Be afraid, very afraid, your sins will find you out.
Over and over again we hear about stories of people who have committed crimes years ago but things finally caught up with them.
During the early years of South Africa’s history, a family settled on a piece of land and started to build a home. A young brother and sister had a terrible argument, which led to revenge. The little boy stole his sister’s favourite doll. He took it outside to the back of the house and buried it in the ground. Many tears were shed but the doll was gone and nobody knew of its whereabouts … until the rainy season. Suddenly, in the middle of nowhere, there sprouted maize shoots. Suspicious, the father dug the maize out of the ground.
When the mommy made the little doll for her daughter she used maize pips to fill the doll. After the rain, the seeds germinated and the story came out.
You and I carefully can conceal our sins, but one day all will be revealed.
So often when I do a funeral I wonder what secrets are going into the ground today.
Sin is a terrible thing, it always comes up when you can afford it least.
