A thief tries to siphon gas from RV and discovers something else is waiting for him.

I had a good laugh this morning as I was driving my daughter to school. Our local radio station reported that a State Trooper from Missouri has in custody a 45 year old man who was making his first attempt to siphon gas from a parked RV in a local rest area just 20 minutes outside of Kansas City. Unfortunately, for this thief, he had hooked up his 12 foot hose to the RV's "waste" tank instead. According to the report, after his first suck on the hose (to start the process), the man passed out from the fumes. However, the story doesn't stop there. As you might guess, the waste followed the path of the suction and the man was buried several inches deep in....oh ya.

Apparently, the thief was quite sick and immediately rushed by ambulance to the hospital.

Okay...so I'm wondering, how does this relate to spiritual matters? Does this story preach? It did not take long for a verse to come to my mind. It goes like this:

2 Peter 2:22

"A dog returns to its vomit,"and, "A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud."

Peter is demonstrating a sad truth about our sinful condition. You would think that with every bad example that we have in life it would produce a smarter and more productive method in our walk with God. However, many people, like a dog or a pig, go directly back to their sinful and dirty condition - even after they left it for a period of time. It's like they have siphoned the wrong tank. Instead of getting fuel for living, they return back to the same waste of life.

Something to think about today. What hose are you drinking from?