Gidday Grizzled Bear
> However, I refuse to draw any comparisons to Jesus or Mary in these situations.
I should clarify lest I give offense unwittingly: I’m not really drawing comparisons with Jesus and Mary’s situation, but rather the attitudes of those who may have observed that situation.
They would have been judgmental for all the “right” reasons. And yet they would have been wrong.
Recall that Joseph sought to put Mary away discreetly and he was corrected for that...
In short, as fallable human beings we are probably not the best qualified or positioned to cast judgment on Palin’s Daughter’s situation: our best council is to acknowledge and apply the Divine Ideal as best we can in our own lives, and work out our own Salvation with trembling and fear.
I believe that is consistent with Christ’s admonition about splinters and beams...
Beautifully stated!