BBD 03.05.09 The Legacy

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03.05.09

The Legacy

For the perverse person is an abomination to the Lord, but His secret
counsel is with the upright. The curse of the Lord is on the house of the
wicked, but He blesses the home of the just. Surely He scorns the scornful,
but gives grace to the humble. The wise shall inherit glory, but shame shall
be the legacy of fools. - Proverbs 3:32-35.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth
of the sinner is stored up for the righteous. - Proverbs 13:22.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His
abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you. - 1
Peter 1:3-4.

When a surveillance video was broadcast by the police in Edmond, Oklahoma of
a bank robbery suspect, Michael Siany recognized the suspect. Michael who is
majoring in Criminal Justice at the University of Central Oklahoma
recognized the man in the video. It was his Dad! David Siany, 51-years-old,
robbed two banks in Oklahoma in January 2009. They were not David's first
bank robberies, he had already been to prison for the unarmed robbery of
three banks in Minnesota and Oklahoma and for planning the robbery of a bank
in Texas back in 2000.

Michael said after seeing his Father on the surveillance video, "I sat there
for about an hour, thinking about what I should do. A lot of things went
through my mind, but I knew the right thing to do." Michael said this about
how his Father got into bank robbing, "My father used to love spending time
at the racetrack, and he got into debt. He just got into more and more debt.
He needed money quickly, and that was the quickest way to get out of debt.
I'm sure he's a good person somewhere down in there, but for some reason he
does these bad things." David Siany has been estranged from his family and
Michael's mother had to raise her two sons on her own.

David Siany has left a legacy of example for his children and grandchildren.
David Siany's legacy is one of irresponsibility toward his family by
gambling away the money that his family needed. His legacy also includes an
example of handling the result of his gambling, and debt, in the wrong way.
Instead of facing up to the consequences of his gambling, David compounding
the problem by robbing banks which has resulted in his going to prison and
it will likely cause his being a guest of the Oklahoma Department of
Corrections sometime soon in the future.

I like the slogan of Oklahoma's media campaign against tobacco. The slogan
is "Tobacco stops with me." My Dad smoked until he was about fifty years
old, but he stopped smoking one day and never smoked again until he passed
away at the age of 84. I smoked some in junior high and high school but
never really developed the habit. When I was a boy I looked forward to the
day when I would be able to smoke like my Dad. My Mother told me once that
my Dad was a closet alcoholic. Maybe he was, I do not know for sure but
because of his example I did not see anything wrong with drinking. I did
drink some in high school, in college and during my first months in the
oilfield. On my knees before God one night in a motel room I stopped
drinking and it has now been decades since I have had a drink. So far
tobacco and drinking in my family has stopped with me. Thankfully, David
Siany's son has apparently decided that his Father's gambling and unlawful
actions will not be a legacy that he leaves to his own children.

Prayerfully, the legacy that I leave to my descendants will be a legacy of
righteousness because my true inheritance and theirs is the Lord Jesus
Christ which is "an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does
not fade away, reserved in heaven" for us.

Copyright © 2009. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has
been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.

Prayer Requests: Please pray for Malachi, Cody, and Mica who are young boys
with cancer. Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the
Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they
will be forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always
in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

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Posted by: wrather <wrather@...>

Visit the Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have received visits from more than 150 countries.
Celebrating 11 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more
than 11,000 subscribers across the world.

Join the Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998 and is made up
of over 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and receive prayer
requests. To join send an email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

The Burning Bush Devotional

Welcome to the 252 new subscribers since January 1, 2009!!

03.05.09

The Legacy

For the perverse person is an abomination to the Lord, but His secret
counsel is with the upright. The curse of the Lord is on the house of the
wicked, but He blesses the home of the just. Surely He scorns the scornful,
but gives grace to the humble. The wise shall inherit glory, but shame shall
be the legacy of fools. - Proverbs 3:32-35.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth
of the sinner is stored up for the righteous. - Proverbs 13:22.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His
abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you. - 1
Peter 1:3-4.

When a surveillance video was broadcast by the police in Edmond, Oklahoma of
a bank robbery suspect, Michael Siany recognized the suspect. Michael who is
majoring in Criminal Justice at the University of Central Oklahoma
recognized the man in the video. It was his Dad! David Siany, 51-years-old,
robbed two banks in Oklahoma in January 2009. They were not David's first
bank robberies, he had already been to prison for the unarmed robbery of
three banks in Minnesota and Oklahoma and for planning the robbery of a bank
in Texas back in 2000.

Michael said after seeing his Father on the surveillance video, "I sat there
for about an hour, thinking about what I should do. A lot of things went
through my mind, but I knew the right thing to do." Michael said this about
how his Father got into bank robbing, "My father used to love spending time
at the racetrack, and he got into debt. He just got into more and more debt.
He needed money quickly, and that was the quickest way to get out of debt.
I'm sure he's a good person somewhere down in there, but for some reason he
does these bad things." David Siany has been estranged from his family and
Michael's mother had to raise her two sons on her own.

David Siany has left a legacy of example for his children and grandchildren.
David Siany's legacy is one of irresponsibility toward his family by
gambling away the money that his family needed. His legacy also includes an
example of handling the result of his gambling, and debt, in the wrong way.
Instead of facing up to the consequences of his gambling, David compounding
the problem by robbing banks which has resulted in his going to prison and
it will likely cause his being a guest of the Oklahoma Department of
Corrections sometime soon in the future.

I like the slogan of Oklahoma's media campaign against tobacco. The slogan
is "Tobacco stops with me." My Dad smoked until he was about fifty years
old, but he stopped smoking one day and never smoked again until he passed
away at the age of 84. I smoked some in junior high and high school but
never really developed the habit. When I was a boy I looked forward to the
day when I would be able to smoke like my Dad. My Mother told me once that
my Dad was a closet alcoholic. Maybe he was, I do not know for sure but
because of his example I did not see anything wrong with drinking. I did
drink some in high school, in college and during my first months in the
oilfield. On my knees before God one night in a motel room I stopped
drinking and it has now been decades since I have had a drink. So far
tobacco and drinking in my family has stopped with me. Thankfully, David
Siany's son has apparently decided that his Father's gambling and unlawful
actions will not be a legacy that he leaves to his own children.

Prayerfully, the legacy that I leave to my descendants will be a legacy of
righteousness because my true inheritance and theirs is the Lord Jesus
Christ which is "an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does
not fade away, reserved in heaven" for us.

Copyright © 2009. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has
been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.

Prayer Requests: Please pray for Malachi, Cody, and Mica who are young boys
with cancer. Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the
Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they
will be forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always
in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The
devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can
leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks
designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach
those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to
burningbushdevo-subscribe@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube at:
http://www.godtube.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
http://www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You can unsubscribe to the pure text version of the devotional by sending a
blank email to burningbushdevo-unsubscribe@welovegod.org and then respond to
the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushhtml-subscribe@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-unsubscribe@welovegod.org and then respond to
the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.