ACE #156: Scandal Time - Did You Really Just Say That?

There were SO many moments last night in Scandal where I asked the question, "Did you really just say that?" And I asked directly to the television as if I was going to get an answer. LOL!

Self-Righteous Sally really did steal the show last night.  Her one liners were off the chain!  That "Piggy, piggy, yum, yum crispy piggy" thing was absolutely awesome writing from Team Shonda and the delivery of each and every line was impeccable.  But it was her nerve that  caught me off guard.  She was calling out everybody's sins.  Ultimately, when it came time to announce her own to the entire world...she froze! 

Last night's classic lines were those that Sally spoke to Olivia.  The first, "The devil at my door..." and I can't forget, "You are not a woman of God!"  She meant both of those...even though she herself is a murderer, actually, a member of what Olivia called, "Murderers Row." 

But aren't we sometimes like Sally?  We love to put other people in their place...about their sins...with a microscope...and a rock in hand.  Don't get me wrong, I do not support adultery; I do, however, advocate for grace.  We serve a forgiving God who lets us "off the hook" for our sinful nature...over and over again quite actually.  But let's be clear - it is not permission to continue to sin.   

The saying goes, "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."  In other words, do not criticize others if you have similar weaknesses.  Well...hey...maybe just don't pick up a rock...pick up a Bible.  Open it. Read it. Perhaps within one of those 66 books, you'll find your own story.

I've found my story, maybe once or twice.  I also found Jesus.  After all, that is where grace begins and condemnation ends.  I am certainly thankful for His grace.


John 8

New International Version (NIV)

8 ¹ but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

² At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. ³ The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group ⁴ and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. ⁵ In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” ⁶ They 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. ⁷ When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” ⁸ Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
⁹ At 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. ¹⁰ Jesus 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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