You ve learned a very important lesson in life. No matter how great the responsibility that you take on, it can be scary, very scary. Fear can also motivate us to do the right thing. There is a story of a farmer who looked out his window and saw some kids stealing his watermelons. He pulled out his gun and fired over their heads to scare them off.
Fear can be a powerful motivator.
I think God gave us a certain amount of fear. You had to send a copy of the letter to more friends, and you would be lucky, healthy, wealthy, or wise. Now comes the internet and email. Of course, if you fall for it, what was promised doesn t happens. Some of these email chains are so old, they were developed before savvy programmers figured out how to read your address book.