He who is without sin

John 8:2-11, “Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them, they said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground. When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders; and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, sir.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.”

David Letterman apparently had affairs with several female staffers of his show over the years and a CBS news person attempted to extort $2 million from Letterman to keep it quiet (http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/10/01/2009-10-01_david_letterman_reveals_extortion_plot_con_man_wanted_2m_for_sex_secrets.htm). So I wonder where this will all lead.

You’ll recall the scalding criticism that Letterman poured onto Sarah Palin and her family because of her daughter’s out-of-wedlock pregnancy. It seems that Mr. Letterman, bearing his own sin, should have listened to Jesus Christ. What guilt do we try to place upon others when we might be harboring our own guilt and sin?

Prayer: ‘Father forgive them for they know not what they do,’ is what Your Son our Savior Jesus prayed from the cross. I can barely lift my eyes to the cross for my sins are nailed there. Please forgive me. In Jesus’ Name I pray. AMEN.