As we await the next chapter in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh it brings to mind the well known Biblical verse about the woman caught in the act of adultery and Jesus' comment to those who sought to condemn her to death by stoning. How many times have we felt justified in criticizing another, rushed to judgment to vilify another, found fault with someone's work or artistic performance, felt that we were more qualified than another, or just plain demeaned another without any evidence or personal knowledge of their activity.
In most cases, if we were to look in the mirror, review our own work history or put ourselves in the crosshairs like the people we are evaluating, we would fail pretty badly and would be eligible for a stoning as well. None of us is faultless, a perfect model of virtue or integrity. We have all fallen short, lied, cheated, stolen or said nasty or malicious things about others.
We all should aspire to use our abilities, our education and our dreams to attain positions where we can be of service to our country, our fellow citizens and our God. The mere fact that a person willingly puts his hat in the ring should not open him up to some of the vicious and malicious attacks he or she faces for alleged acts which took place 20, 30 or 40 years ago. And the fact that someone has already attained a high position, should not be a license to keep another from aspiring to that position or more. Jesus' comments to that crowd of would-be stone-throwers is just as applicable today and should temper their remarks, their holier-than-thou attitudes, and their hostile condemnations, because in due course those stones may well be aimed at them.
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