I am tired of the Elliot Spitzer mess. Really! It was a big story and has important implications for the state of New York. It is an historic moment. It is a situation we could all learn from.
What gets me is the political posturing and finger pointing. People are actually gloating over the fall of the governor. Nobody likes their laundry aired in the public, and these folks are all in it! Like driving past a train wreck, we get caught up in the carnage.
I want to scream THIS IS A PERSON! He is hurting. His wife is hurting. His girls are hurting. Jesus stood up for a woman who was caught in adultery. The religious leaders had humilliated her and were going to throw rocks at her untill she bled to death. Jesus told them
Let he who has no sin cast the first stone
The news folks are wrong. The politicians are wrong. The commentators are wrong. Every one of us making judgements about this man's conduct are wrong. No one is perfect. No one deserves a lick of the blessings we enjoy.
Our words are the stones we throw and a person's spirit is the target. A man who has been caught in sin does not need condemnation, but restoration. Sure, we want o see justice and he deserves the punishment for his crimes. But Mr. Spitzer and his family need to know that they're no worse than any of us. Just broken people trying to make it in a messed up world.
Some of us happen to find the mercy of God in spite of it all.
Maybe we need a little revival
1 comment:
I wholeheartedly agree. The same goes for this young "call girl." Must the New York Times link to her MySpace page, I mean really... Yesterday I saw an interview where Barack Obama was asked about it and I liked how he handeled it. He said, "We are all broken."
SO TRUE.
The video is funny!
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