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on Saturday, November 18, 2006 8:52:35 AM
No matter which way you turn these days, it’s hard not to hear people gossiping about the Good Morning America interview Diane Sawyer has done with Mel Gibson. I started to wonder if there would ever be an end to the story of a drunken man who said some very inappropriate things. I caught a fifteen second snippet of the interview during the noontime newscast (which wasn’t news worthy at all), and in it he mentioned how he has been ostracized and not sure if there’s a second chance for him, but he’s hopeful there will be.
I was disgusted, so I jumped my car and went out for a few minutes to run errands. As Mel’s story was the last thing I saw, I began pondering his words about second chances; how many times does he have to apologize before people accept it? God quietly whispered in my soul a simple thought: “Why do Christians withhold forgiveness and second chances based on situations they have not personally be harmed by?” I was so struck by His words I almost hit a parked car on the side of the road. …more