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I normally don’t write about current, political events, but I am concerned about the “piling on” that has become prevalent in today’s society. The Virginia governor (Democrat, about whom I know nothing) has been shown in a racist photo from college in 1984. Really? 35 years ago? What happened to growth and change? What happened to forgiveness? Jesus’ “let him who is without sin cast the first stone” was applied to someone actually caught in adultery TODAY! Do we really want to be held accountable for things we thought and did when we were 20? (More than 50 years ago for me!)
Do people just draw pleasure in the alleged sin of someone else because it’s someone else and not them? Someone else’s sin, no matter when it happened, is irrelevant to me.
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Isaiah 43.18, 19
Well said!!!
Apparently he is man of faith, and my prayer is that he continues to trust in the Lord and speak the truth. Prov. 3: 1-12
We’re in a place where, really, who would possibly want to run for public office or be in the public eye in any way? Who among us would want their high school and college actions and photos published for the world? Especially the kind of people who would run for office in the first place.
The most important part is the end, of course. Recreational outrage is America’s most popular indoor sport. I think it also ties to what the Bible says about revenge. A lot of this stuff is people satisfying their desire to see other people “get theirs”. That’s real tempting, so long as I don’t ever have to get mine, right? Who was his neighbor? The one who showed mercy on him. Go and do likewise.