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In the 1920s, there was a famous
jewel thief by the name of 

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Arthur Berry. 
Depending on the side of Boston 

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you come from, he's either 
famous or infamous. 

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What's interesting about this 
guy is that the only people that

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he stole from were the most 
affluent people in the city, the

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richest of the rich. 
He even had a nickname, the 

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Gentleman Thief. 
After years of successful 

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robberies, Arthur was finally 
captured by the police. 

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During his arrest, he was shot 
three times and fell through a 

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glass window. 
From that day on, he vowed he 

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would never steal again. 20 
years later, he was finally 

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released and went to live in a 
quiet town in New England. 

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Surprisingly, everyone in the 
town liked him. 

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He was a good citizen, but it 
didn't take long for the press 

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to discover who he was. 
Soon the media came in droves to

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ask Arthur about his robberies. 
They wanted to know about his 

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crimes. 
They wanted to know who he stole

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from the most. 
His answer was surprising. 

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Arthur Berry said that the 
person he stole from the most 

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was himself. 
He said that he could have been 

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a successful businessman, an 
investor, A contributing member 

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to society, but instead he chose
a life of crime and spent 2/3 of

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his adult life behind bars. 
He thought he was stealing from 

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others, but actually he was 
stealing from himself. 

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The Apostle Paul even warns us, 
be not deceived. 

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God is not mocked. 
Whatever a person sows, they 

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shall also reap. 
I think as Christians we get 

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caught up in the rules of the 
Bible. 

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God expects us to do this and 
not do that. 

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But the truth is that we weren't
made for the rules. 

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The rules were made for us. 
And when we ignore the moral 

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laws of God, we only end up 
cheating ourselves. 

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This has been everyday miracles 
by hope, mindfulness and prayer.