TO SIN OR NOT TO SIN | why ask the question?

Have you ever wanted something so bad that you would lie or cheat to get it? We recently learned about David's battle with sin. In 2 Samuel 11:1-27, we see the birth of sin in David's life take form. It' s no doubt David could have had anything he wanted. After all, he was King. It reminds me of my son, Evan... He doesn't want his brothers toy until he finds out that he can't have it. More often than not we fall into the same selfish trap... We want what we can't have. In 2 Samuel 11:1-27 David sent his army off to fight in another battle while he stayed behind. This was the beginning of David's undoing. He should have been with his men in the battle. Instead, he neglected his duties. We see David strolling around the roof of the palace when he notices a beautiful woman bathing. He quickly learns that this she was Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite, who just happened to be in his army. The birth of sin begins with the entertaining of temptation. When we are temped, we have a choice. We can either run from it, or we can begin to entertain thoughts of how we can get away with it. The moment David heard she was married, he should have closed the door but instead, he takes it a step further and has Bathsheba brought to him. After a night of lust, David finds out that Bathsheba is pregnant. He could have repented at that very moment but devises a scheme to bring Uriah (Bathsheba's husband) home from the battle. Immediately, David sent word to Joab (who was with the army at Rabbath) and told him to send Uriah to the Palace. When Uriah arrived, David asked about how the war was progressing and told him to go home and relax. Uriah did not return home; however, he stayed outside of the palace because he said he could not go wine and dine and sleep with his wife while the others were out fighting and sleeping in tents. David attempted three times to get him to go home to his wife, so David sent him back to the war and instructed Joab to put Uriah in the front of the battle and then withdraw so that he would be killed. Joab, later sent a report of the war back to David that said that Uriah had been killed. David tried to play it off and after Bathsheba finished mourning over Uriah's death, David sent for her to be one of his wives at the palace. Then she gave birth to his son and the Lord was very displeased with what David had done. It's very easy to fall into sin... when we do, we can become very hard hearted. In my opinion the heart wrenching action wasn't the sin of adultery or trying to cover up a pregnancy. It wasn't involving others into sin or murder... The most heart wrenching effect was displeasing the Lord.