“How did you get here?”
Oh, I don’t know.
“Everybody knows, so what’s your tale?”
Well, I pulled a few strings and played my cards right and some – no, many – many people got hurt.
“I see.”
I was the guy – no, one of the guys – who more or less literally gained the whole world not that it was very much looking back.
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Denise offers the prompt word “card” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Mark 8:36 KJV – For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
We all find out sooner or later the whole world isn’t whole at all.
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Very good point, Mary, about the whole world not being whole at all. Blessings to you!
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Foolish to sell your soul for things that pass quickly and lose eternity. Thanks for those words.
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Thank you and blessings to you!
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Such regret that many will show looking back. Thankful for redemption in Jesus. Great story.
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Amen. Blessings, Michael!
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A story that makes us think.
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Thank you and blessings, Esther!
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Very true 💜😂
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Thank you, Willow! Blessings!
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Too many are deceived into “playing their cards right” by the father of lies. May we speak to the truth of the gospel of God while we yet have breath and rescue the perishing.
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Amen! Blessings, Dora!
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Same, Frank. Have a blessed day, brother.
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There is a large number, and growing, of those willing to lose/sell their soul for money and power.
An age old story, Frank. Good Six.
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Thank you, Denise! Blessings!
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Not how I want anyone’s story to end.
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Me, neither. Blessings, Mimi!
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surely, this, unlimited selfishness is it’s own reward (and, ultimately, price to be paid by the individual)
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Good point that it is it’s own reward. Blessings, Clark!
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Hmm, very interesting, but not in the good way.
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Thank you, Chris. Blessings!
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You would think that the same error done over and over for 5,500 years, that the lesson would eventually sink in.
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New people are born and have to learn all over again. Blessings, Misky!
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As a non-Christian, I don’t relate to the Biblical relevance of this, but I definitely feel that this has significance for everyone.
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Thank you, Astrid! Blessings to you whether you are a Christian or not!
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A thought provoking piece, Frank.
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Thank you and blessings, Keith!
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For once, Frank, I think you and I see eye to eye on something. Nice six.
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I am glad we can see eye to eye on some issues. Blessings to you!
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Such a danger to be the second guy
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To be the guy who gained the whole world at the cost of his soul is the ultimate tragedy. Blessings, Jim!
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Tru
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