A Modern Day Parable.

 There was once a young woman who liked to play Candy Crush.  She spent much of her time and energy trying to calculate the right combination of the sweet confections so that she could move up to the next level.  Surely this time will be different she'd say as she started each new round.  On and on she would work trying different strategies, calculating her turns that slowly ran out until she heard the familiar music and was defeated.  This game intended to bring relaxation now became a stressor unto its' own accord.  Yet onwards, she would play, the familiar sound of the divine crunch bringing her another wave of optimism that perhaps this time would be different;  This time if she worked hard enough and did exactly the right moves then she would conquer and be good enough to move to the next level, only to struggle again.

Yay I say unto you, such is life without Christ and His Mercy.  Let Him who have ears hear.