in human terms

Saul in ISam15 is the perfect example of human nature. Samuel gives Saul specific instructions from the Lord about what to do after routing the Amalekites -- destroy everything.

What does Saul do? Not destroy everything, of course.

His rationalization to Samuel later is that he destroyed almost everything, and that what he did manage to keep was for the Lord anyway. And after Samuel tells him God is still mad, Saul begs Samuel for a way to repent and be back in the good graces. So for those of you counting at home, the steps are: 1. Disobey God; 2. Rationalize your actions knowing that you can still; 3. Repent

I was originally going to say that Saul's actions here cracked me up, but I didn't find anything funny about looking at the man in the mirror.