BBD 06.17.16 The Legacy (Classic)

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Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

17 June 2016

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 NKJV.

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 NKJV.

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 NKJV.

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 compounded 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, although I never saw what I thought was alcoholic
behavior. 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 © 2009-2016. Ed
Wrather. 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.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those
first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 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 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
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Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the
Devotionals at the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of
the home page. Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for McCoy Greer, Michelle Abetz,
Shane Hall, Brad, Reta (my sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), and Jeanie (She
is having trouble with her back again.). Also, please pray for our friend
Loretta Brewer who is recovering from knee replacement surgery.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

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Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

17 June 2016

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 NKJV.

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 NKJV.

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 NKJV.

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 compounded 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, although I never saw what I thought was alcoholic
behavior. 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 © 2009-2016. Ed
Wrather. 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.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those
first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 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 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the
Devotionals at the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of
the home page. Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for McCoy Greer, Michelle Abetz,
Shane Hall, Brad, Reta (my sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), and Jeanie (She
is having trouble with her back again.). Also, please pray for our friend
Loretta Brewer who is recovering from knee replacement surgery.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

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

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

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
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