Thursday, July 7, 2011
What Is Your Role In The Casey Anthony Situation?
Casey Anthony trial is at an end, now what do you do? The court, whether we agree with her decision or not, has declared her not guilty of killing her child. As a Christian do you say vile and mean things or do you work to show our family, friends and co-workers how to be Christian in this situation? Also, what is the Christian thing to do? Can or should we really forgive her? Hmmm. I'll give you my thoughts after we get this started.
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This young lady requires much prayer. Its obvious that she is very dysfunctional, as is her entire family. We need to pray that she gets her heart right so that the Lord can get her head right.
ReplyDeleteI think we are giving this case too much time. There are so many other things or battles I think we should be weighing in on such as redefining marriage, divorce, crime and mother – or father-less homes. But back to the subject at hand, I feel for Casey. Although she was found not guilty, society has already condemned her. She will not be able to do anything without media attention. As we can see there are a lot of people protesting the verdict. Yes she did a lot of things wrong and I would like to see her prosecuted for those things. But guess what. She was still found innocent. Now what? If the Caylee’s Law is pass this will hopefully ensure a parent can never get away with not reporting their child missing, abducted or killed. It is sad that we had to get to this point. Okay, to answer your questions, First, I hope I will not say vile or mean things about her. Yes I think she is guilty of something but we must be careful with the words that come out of our mouths. I cannot cast any stone at her. What is the Christian thing to do? Whatever God lay on our heart to do we should do. We are to be lead and guided by Him. We all should have to have a voice of forgiveness. Don’t get me wrong, we cannot stand by and just let things happened. But whatever we do it must be done in a fashion that brings glory to God. If that is standing up for that which is right, do it. If it is get out there and changing laws, do it. If it is to adopt a single parent and their children, do it. Just do something. I will answer your last question, “Can we or should we forgive her”, like this… For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others of their sins, your heavenly Father will not forgive you. Matthew 6:14
ReplyDeleteGreat comments. I agree there has been a lot of attention given to this case. We can, however, use this case as an object lesson on forgiveness. Should we forgive her? Yes. Jesus teaches Peter in Matthew 18:21-35 that forgiveness was unlimited. We must remember there isn't a hierarchy of sin for we've all have fallen (Rom 3:23). This isn't to say the sinner should not or will not be punished for their misdeeds. Please note, she was found "not guilty" rather than "innocent." As Pastor Rory Brooks says, "She got by...she didn't get away." God will judge her.
ReplyDeleteMore importantly, how do we reconcile this responsibility to forgive? Matthew 6:14 is a superb place to start. We must forgive. We aren't called to forgive for selfish reasons (so that we can "get in good with God") but because that's what's Christians are commanded to do. Additionally, she will be punished by God. She needs to repent and ask for forgiveness. It would be great if one of the Christians around her would reach out to her. What a testimony it would be if she confessed her sin and turned to God. Let's not forget the Apostle Paul. At first he was an enemy of Christianity but turned from his ways. I guess we can say he "saw the light" on that Damascus road. We don't think much about his past. We most often speak about how he help spread the Gospel as well as being the most prolific New Testament writer.
As you clearly stated, as a collective body of believers, we aren't addressing major issues such as the new definition of marriage, the soaring divorce rate, etc. In future blogs, I'd like to discuss those items. Thanks for the engaging and great comments.
@ Mike. You are correct. Prayer is an aspect that hasn't been addressed. I don't know if she has a relationship with our Heavenly Father. We should pray for her and that she turns to Him.
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