Predator (“Hello, Gentlemen…”
“Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.”
Hebrews 13:3
(The Twenty-Fourth Letter: Predator (“Hello, Gentlemen…” Book Excerpt)
…Hello, Gentlemen.
It’s me, Sheryle.
Are you a predator?
Is that why you are “in here?”
How cruel and violent are you?
Any of this ring a bell?
“There are six things Elohim hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.”
Proverbs 6:16-19
Now, hang in there with me. I’m not about to lecture you. I do not judge you. I’m in no place to do that.
Let’s talk about what you and I are capable of.
Being a predator.
You and I have that within us.
Scripture lays it out there about how “wicked” we are…
“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?”
Jeremiah 17:9
You don’t need to have committed violent, cruel acts to be considered wicked.
We ALL sin.
We all “fall short of the glory” (Romans 3:23).
How did you fall, especially to get you “in here?”
Because it is eating away at you, isn’t it?
Were you “a predator?”
Did you “cause harm?”
“Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.”
Proverbs 3:29
Were you a bully, an abuser, a rapist, a killer?
Yeah, your crimes, your actions, may have put you in this place.
But it is NOT who you are. Someone Else views you differently.
Let’s break this down a bit.
No one starts out as a Predator.
That includes you.
Every person has a beginning point, setting things up for the eventual decisions they may make in life.
Again, that includes you…
Copyright © 2026 by Sheryle Cruse
