Maybe nit picking here , but please note that I didn't say it came from the Bible. I have no quotation marks around the sentence. I just said it, cliche that it is, because it seemed appropriate to the parable. I am an old school proofreader and am a fanatic about these things. I put the parable in quotation marks because those weren't my words, but someone else's. I don't know whose--I have heard that story for at least 50 years.
It was only meant to be a friendly comment. No offense intended.
“God helps those who help themselves”. NOT in the Bible.
Maybe nit picking here , but please note that I didn't say it came from the Bible. I have no quotation marks around the sentence. I just said it, cliche that it is, because it seemed appropriate to the parable. I am an old school proofreader and am a fanatic about these things. I put the parable in quotation marks because those weren't my words, but someone else's. I don't know whose--I have heard that story for at least 50 years.
It was only meant to be a friendly comment. No offense intended.