“For David did what was right in the Lord’s sight, and he did not turn aside from anything he had commanded him all the days of his life, EXCEPT in the matter of Uriah the Hethite.” 1 Kings‬ ‭15‬:‭5‬ ‭CSB‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/1713/1ki.15.5.CSB

An “EXCEPT” in relation to your character could change the course of history for your family. David made an exception in his mission, by not going out to battle with his armies (2 Samuel 11:1). He made an exception in his obedience to God, by sleeping with another man’s wife, then having that man (Uriah the Hittite) killed to protect his own image (2 Samuel 11-12). The result was death, brokenness, and pain for David’s family, along with the curse of division and war in David’s family line forever (2 Samuel 12:10). Make no mistake, the “EXCEPT” in parentheses in David’s life was devastating. And it would be devastating for you and I as well. Make no exceptions in your relation to your character and put no parenthetical “EXCEPT” next to your testimony and family name.

• What exceptions are you making, considering, or imagining for yourself? (“I don’t have to go to church” ; “It will never happen to me” ; “It’s just this once” “No one will ever find out”) In relationships, spiritual disciplines, habits and beliefs?
• If there is already an “EXCEPT” in your life, have you repented and allowed God to bring healing? (see Psalm 32 and 51) And how have you moved past the temptation to make sin common and OK in your life?
• Ask God to help you put a period instead of parenthesis on your testimony forever.