Thanks for sharing, Jack. Multiple angles to explore and reflect.

Reminds me of Jeremiah 17:9-10

    The heart is deceitful above all things,
        and desperately sick;
        who can understand it? 
    “I the LORD search the heart
        and test the mind,
    to give every man according to his ways,
        according to the fruit of his deeds.”

Also of what could happen when people are big and God is small. Psalm 118:4-8

    Let those who fear the LORD say,
        “His steadfast love endures forever.”
    Out of my distress I called on the LORD;
        the LORD answered me and set me free. 
    The LORD is on my side; I will not fear.
        What can man do to me? 
    The LORD is on my side as my helper;
        I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.

    It is better to take refuge in the LORD
        than to trust in man.