Matthew 7:1-6
1"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
6"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
So we all know by now (thanks to the media) that Tiger Woods was having an affair. And, as of yesterday, we now know that Brian Kelly (UC football head coach) accepted the head coach position at Notre Dame.
It's easy to pass judgment on these. Tiger has been a great role model and an athletic idol for a long time now. What takes a decade to establish can be destroyed in a week, thanks to sinless efforts of the media. Who are we to judge? Who of us doesn't struggle with sin on a daily basis? Tiger Woods is no different from any of you or myself. He is just a man. He is not perfect. He, like all of us, is a sinner. Why then, are we so quick to point our fingers and condemn? Because, he is looked up to? We should be looking up to Jesus and setting His standards for are lives, not some golfer's. Would any of us want our lives to be exploited and made public when we have our falls from grace? I think not. There is a lot to be learned about how he picks himself up from this fall. I just hope that he asks God for His assistance. In the mean time, turn off the TV or change the channel when another media source is bashing him, and lift he and his family up in prayer.
As for Brian Kelly, the last time I checked, he is just a human as well. A sinner like the rest of us. So he used The University of Cincinnati to build his resume to get his dream job at Notre Dame. So he lied about it. So he won't be there to coach the last game at The Sugar Bowl. What about all the good he has done? Now that he won't be a part of our precious team, we are so quick to cast stones at him. Who of us hasn't pursued something in life? Who of us hasn't set standards and bailed out when something better came along? The example that he is setting for the students and athletes is not new to them. I think that example has already been established by their home life and by society itself. No, I'm not saying that I agree with it or it's o.k. My question is: Does it stem from our own selfish motives to judge someone else's decisions? Think about that one for a while. Pray for him as well. Forgive him if you hold him in contempt.
John 8:1-11
1But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" 6They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." 8Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"
11"No one, sir," she said.
"Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."
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