there by the grace of god go i…
a few years ago, i watched a movie with q that scared the bejeezus out of both of us. that movie was election with matthew broderick and reece witherspoon. without ruining the (entire)plot, in the movie one poor decision negates…wipes out…cancels out a lifetime of right choices and good decisions. one of the highly respected characters in the movie does something out of character and loses his(whole)life as he knows it. he becomes a pariah. and it happens in a second.
immediately, q and i declared that we would never allow sexual sin to infiltrate our lives to destroy our ministries, work and futures.
but pride does funny things to you. power does funny things to you. money does funny things to you. you let things creep in. you think you are invulnerable. you think you are an emperor god. and you join emperor clubs.
but sometimes, someone comes along and does something that reminds you of vows you forgot……waking you up…forcing you to rethink a decision…..making you dodge a bullet…..a catharsis and you change your mind.
i am not innocent. i am not pure. this could have been me. my boy harvey says that given the right(wrong)circumstances, anybody can commit any sin anywhere. maybe.
i imagine what my life would be like if my sins were in print and broadcast on tv…….
That was a scary movie; even scarier when played out in real life. People gawk at the Spitzer spectacle, some self-righteously declare that he got his come-uppance for crusading and for being a hypocrite, but do they think about the power of sin present in their own lives; do they think about the hypocrisy that resides in everyone…? Do they see, and think, “I need redemption”? Too few, unfortunately…
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