Recently a member of my church and his wife both made some pretty big mistakes. They are both in big trouble because of the poor decisions that they made over the past few years.
Do I judge them? No, it is not my job to judge. Do I hate them because of what they have done? No, because they are paying for them regardless. I will welcome them into my life with open hearts. They have not done anything to me personally.
I saw the story on the news last week and I could not believe my eyes. I almost fell out of my chair. My mom cursed. None of us could believe what we were seeing. How could people we see every week have done something so terrible? These are people that we are not necessarily close with but it is like our extended family.
I do not shun them for what they have done. I pray for this couple every night in hopes that something good will come out of this mess they created for themselves.
I am not going into detail as to what they have done because I do not believe that would solve anything. The fact of the matter is I do not know the whole story. I only know what I have read in the newspaper and seen on the news. Their whole family attends my church but I am unsure when we will see them there again. Unfortunately there may be a little bit of shame and humility involved. I can only hope and pray that they will over come this humility and know that we are there for them as a congregation.
I make mistakes. I am human, what do you want from me? I mess things up from time to time. I crash my car, I spill things, I say things that I shouldn't. I am not perfect, nor do I ever try to be. All I can do is be the best me that I can. All I can do is hope that when I mess up from time to time that there is someone on the other end who is willing to forgive me.
Celebrities make mistakes and we all know that they do. It is all over the news. This one did this, this one stole that, this one overdosed on this. Blah blah blah!! I do not care. I am well aware that we all mess up sometimes. Wouldn't the world be a little boring if everyone was perfect? This reminds me of that one movie where it is all black and white and it slowly turns into color when people have sex. The sex is what makes the movie interesting. It adds color and because of this it adds an extra dimension into the movie.
It shows that in a world where everything is black and white perfection can only last so long. In the end of the movie when everything is colored they are happy with their imperfections.
In the end of the day I will forgive anyone who has upset me. I will forgive anyone who has broken my heart. I will forgive annoying customers for not understanding how to order in a drive thru. I understand that we all make mistakes every now and then.
My only hope is that when I make a mistake is that I am forgiven and welcomed into the House of God with open arms just as that couple at my church is!
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