Thoughts for another day

April 16, 2008

Today's verse: Jn. 8:10-11. …he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

Recently an incident happened which left me pretty disturbed. I am constrained in mentioning the incident but will only make as much of a rendition as God leads me and which is required for this reflection. In a way, the incident reflects the moral equity that existed at the time of Jesus; and the banter of the moral police remains the same irrespective of the number of years that have gone between.

The incident concerns a lady, arraigned for supposedly immoral behavior. A report was apparently sent by her colleagues to her bosses who summoned her and summarily dismissed her. She, who was just a few weeks ago praised to glory, was now discarded like a used piece of tissue. No attention I reckon was paid as to why the report was generated and sent, or to the inner motive behind it or to the scheming of the mind, which conceived the report. All that was done by the supposed Puritanism of the individual who called her to account was: give her the dismissal.

What’s wrong with that you might ask, besides, an organisation must have the rote of discipline et al, right? But I’ll talk like Jesus did: Cast an aspersion, provided you yourself have no stain! I say this because I had a telephonic talk with the woman with God as witness, and I know deep within that she may be slightly in error but from my knowledge of her, she could change and completely reform, given the opportunity.

An opportunity, she was not given, unlike what Jesus gave to the adulteress, ‘go, sin no more.’ I am sure the adulteress must have reformed and become a great follower of Christ. You could be thinking, what does this have to do with me. Well, nothing maybe but then again think. How many times we jump to conclusions and brand a person, just on hearsay? The number of times we malign people and play with their lives without even understanding the state in which the person was? Brother, sister, if Jesus were to do the same with us, how many of us would escape His wrath? None, I’m sure because none of us are innocent. If I have a particular kind of weakness, so do you, perhaps something different. If I have fallen so have you. And let me tell you, in the court of the Infinite, any sin however small is sin - full and final. So we cannot escape when asked for an account by saying that ‘Oh Lord, you see, I just told lies, whereas he was a murderer!’ That won’t get you anywhere and those who have sat in judgment, will be judged even more harshly.

Beware what you say about others for you know not the harm you do. And when His wrath comes beating down, there won’t be left any corner for you to hide.