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Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Question 3

Much of Forgiving Solomon Long is about the "seeds" we plant, and the consequences of our actions. Which characters do you feel reaped what they sowed?

Post your answer in the comments section.

posted by Deeanne at 6:03 AM

8 Comments:

Deeanne said...: Okay. This seems to be stumping the masses. What about this: Which characters DIDN'T reep what they sowed?
Barb said...: Don't we all reap what we sow eventually? Unless God intervenes? :o) Hafta think more about this question...
Deeanne said...: What you say may be true, Barb, but Chris' novel isn't long enough for his cast of thousands to all reep what they sow.

So, pick a character or two and give us your take on whether he does any reeping.

Then we can all read it and reep. (Sorry.)
Deeanne said...: Hey! I've been spelling reap wrong this whole time. Now I really am weeping.
Barb said...: Well, that's a hard one. There are even Christians in this life currently that I would luv to see reaping (or even reeping!) what they've sown. But becuz the Lord has graciously saved me from my just desserts, it's hard for me to say that those individuals--or any others--deserve any less than what I've gotten. I guess as far as the book, there were plenty of gangsters who reaped what they sowed re violence toward others. But Carla and Det Griggs looked like they were showing each other some grace at the end of the book, when they had both been pretty nasty to each other for the whole rest of the story, him in particular. So for what they had most recently sown in their marriage, they ultimately did not reap the results, if things continued to work out the way it looked like they were gonna. Does that make ANY sense???!!!
Deeanne said...: Perfect sense. And an excellent example.
C.J. Darlington said...: Griggs probably the most in his relationship with his wife, but he also really didn't have a clue what he was doing to her or their marriage.

Solo did reap what he sowed in that he did die in the end, but I also felt Well redeemed him too.
Barb said...: I'm not sure he "didn't have a clue" as to what he was doing to his wife or the marriage. He was obviously way-focused on himself, but he also knew that he was not cooperating with the counseling, which his wife wanted to help their marriage. So with that and other small examples, he knew that he was not cooperating with her too. I think a lotta times we know when we're doing wrong, even when we're doing wrong to others (and not just to the air), but...we don't care. It's too important to us to be comfortable, or to cover for our own insecurities, pain, selfishness, or dishonesty.