then he is down in the ship. Everything happened so alarmingly fast—it was so spontaneous. But though it was so spontaneous, it was not without cause: for a sudden spiritual demise does not happen accidentally. Spontaneity in disobedience does not occur unless much ground work has been laid for it. We sin inwardly in thought, desire, and will before we take a single bad step outwardly. There will be a number of little falls before a great fall occurs in one’s life. Victor Hugo said that great blunders