con⋅demn ~ verb (used with object)
- To express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- To pronounce to be guilty; sentence to punishment.
- To give grounds or reason for convicting or censuring.
- To judge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service.
- To force into a specific state or activity.
- To declare incurable.
There has been a multitude of news lately in our local media about so-and-so caught on tape, video, cameraphone, dvd, etc doing such-and-such a thing. Needless to say, a tonne of people have had their two-cents recorded about it as well.
It has spurred a round of debates on what is privacy and how people in positions of limelight, power, authority and public respect should conduct themselves, lest they get snared in this world of free-for-all that we now live in.
I have no particular opinions on whether what they have done is right or wrong. I mean – it is after all their own lives. At the end of the day, if they can sleep well at night and be able to face their Maker with a straight face – who am I to judge? I can be many things to many people, but GOD I sure ain’t.
I do have beef with them who feel so betrayed that they have to continuously remind people of this wrong-doing perpetrated. Do they not realise that by keeping this piece of tit-bit on the edge of their tongues, they are nothing but oxygen is to fire?
Sure, you feel betrayed – but who asked you to place mere mortals on pedestals in the first place? People of positions of power, authority and respect, are but mere vessels for you to connect to the truth ~ they are not the truth incarnate. And whether you’re doing it with the intent of causing more damage, it is irrevocably causing harm already.
True that there are some positions of authority that have strict rules that one must abide by, but let’s face it – we are all humans, subjected to frailties and moments of blindness. If them who have sinned, are able to make peace with God and be truly repent – again, who are we to hold it against them?
As it was said by Jesus in John 8:7 “Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her.”
We are all with sin. So let’s just zip our mouths shut and not reduce ourselves to being a mere atom of oxygen by spreading it on.
If you must do something about it, then pray for the sinner to find the courage to make peace and be truly repent.
And mind you – this prayer can remain between you and your Maker.
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