Turning Points

Business trips hold unexpected traps. Deception lurks with the lures to see what lies within the unwary travelers’ lapse. He pays the price for current cures while ignoring the true cost of sin. Finished. He moves on. Returns home. The respected family man… Until the news reaches him… She sinned. Her belly’s a dome. In self-righteous anger, he does what he can. He calls forth judgment – an act so grim. She had waited so long for justice to come. Her plan worked, but not quite… She must have known when she went that day… Had she evaluated each point and the sum? Would she die to remove the family blight? He examined the tokens offered in lieu of pay. He could have denied her testimony, and declared her evidence stolen. held his ground before all in sight. He could have damned her, if only… Set-up. Targeted. Deceived. His emotions molten. Locked gazes. He declared her right. What did it cost him? What did others say? just a businessman travelling from home. just a lustful man, not wanting to be a laughingstock… a powerful man who chose that day to let truth, examine his life, and comb through each aspect till he became a humble rock. *reflecting on Genesis 38