Deep personal wounds skew our ability to keep things in perspective, leading us to assess the goodness or badness of the world from our own vantage point. Michael Devita should be given a lot of slack for his wildy-out-of-perspective comment about financier Bernie Madoff's misdeeds. Speaking as one of Madoff's victims, Devita says, "this is the biggest crime in the history of the universe."
Really?
I don't even need to mention the many bigger crimes that immediately come to my mind--although I will highlight one: that today 25,000 -30,000 children will die of hunger or poverty related issues. Who's speaking up for them? Who's crying out about that injustice?
Someone once said that wounded people are the most dangerous. The desire for vengeance makes fools of us all. Let's ask ourselves about what wounds are skewing our perspective. Jesus repeatedly spoke about forgiveness and leaving vengeance to God. May we do so . . . and may we see our personal hurts in light of the larger hurts of the world.
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