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So coming to you today from Raewyn’s machine as mine is again infected with a virus.
I found a great website that has professionals available to help you clean your machine. However they have warned me that my virus is so serious that my machine may be “compromised” and never safe again.

Now other than the immediate urge to hurl said machine across room this situation has caused me to think about 2 things, (well 3 actually if you include getting a mac).

1. What a sad world we have become when people make careers out of stuffing things up for others just for the fun of it. I wonder what the damage is economically to people and businesses having to sort out this stuff. The one website I joined to sort it out has 17 people working with punters just trying to get their computers going again. And multiply that by a zillion to get the world wide situation.
And the 2nd thing is that some of these trojan viruses are so clever, imagine what the writers of them could do if they chose to benefit society and themselves instead?
Rather than trying to destroy things and steal others info they could write something that would pay them legitimately for the rest of their lives. Some of them are geniuses, they are just working for the wrong team.

Now I know why people do this, it’s a little thing called sin. It entered the world through Adam and Eve in the garden and will plague us till Jesus returns but it still involves a choice. Most of you do not choose to go round destroying, lying and cheating; but some of us do.
The interesting thing about it is that it is not driven by need. It is just driven by selfishness, pride or any of a number of other sins.

I know of a very wealthy man for example who cheated on a contest recently just to win a free trip. He was caught but the whole situation was unbelievable considering who he was. In fact you wouldn’t believe me if I told you, that’s how ridiculous his behaviour was. He could have paid to go to Australia every day for the rest of his life.

So our problem is not need driven, it is sin driven. We are predisposed towards negative behaviour and this is a battle that never goes away. I believe the only answer to sin is in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He died to set us free from sin. I’ve tried it and it works. But whether you choose to look into that or ignore it you need to find a solution for the sinful temptations within yourself.

How are you going to choose to do the right thing the next time doing the wrong thing could significantly benefit you??