(From the Indiana years)

Recently, I haven’t been able to watch Law and Order.  I am starting to see why some people protest that the media glorifies violence.  Violence is pretty boring if you think about it.  Sin is boring.  After watching enough episodes, the “shocking” twists aren’t really that shocking after all.  

I once taught a kid whose father threw him out of a car as well as other abusive things.  Fathers can really skew one’s perception of God, our heavenly Father.    Sometimes, when I think about this incident, it makes me want to prosecute that father.  But then I also know he was probably hurting inside too.  However, I do not like people who abuse children.  

What do you do though when the abuser was once abused himself?  How much do we mitigate based on one’s experiences? I have been thinking about grace.  There are some people who argue that justice has no grace in it.  This probably couldn’t be further from the truth.  What is the alternative to not seeking justice?  Letting someone continue to hurt others as well as themselves in the process?  There seems to be a lack of grace there, as well as mercy.  This too is a fine line. “Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things that a man needs to believe in the most.” – From Secondhand Lions I now believe in grace, undeserved gifts, and second chances.