Here we go again. Driving to work this morning I put on the
radio and heard about the latest celebrity/politician/person in power to have
lost his job due to sexual misconduct.
Perhaps this time it’s the biggest name of all; Matt Lauer. He has been a part of many American’s morning
routine for 20 years. The list of sexual deviants is getting hard to keep track
of. It seems like there’s been someone
new every week for a few months now. Frankly, some are easier to process than
others. Harvey Weinstein was easy. He was just a name. Then we all started seeing his face, and he
kind of has a dirty old man look about him anyway. But not Matt Lauer; he represents America as
much as baseball and apple pie.
I suppose if we’ve learned
anything it’s that we shouldn’t be surprised by anyone. But I hope we’ve learned more than just
that. I hope our country has learned
some other lessons. The one I’ve heard
most is that we have a new found respect for women in the work place and all
areas of life. I for one, certainly hope
that will be the case. With all these
accusations coming out I’d like to think men will think twice about their
behaviors, and that’s a good thing. But
in the end I’m afraid that doesn’t address why men behave that way in the first
place. If only there were some teaching
somewhere about our sexuality and relationships, and how to honor and respect
the opposite sex. Oh wait. That’s right.
There is. It’s called the bible;
the very book that many in Hollywood who are so upset about all this sexual
misconduct make a mockery of. Only
prudish Christians would follow that book right. Well I’m sorry but I think it might give us a
little better direction than what we are learning from our movies, TV, and
music. Our culture on the whole is a
porn addicted, swipe right, hook-up culture, and it is greatly influenced by
the entertainment industry. My only
point is if a whole industry does nothing but promote immoral living, than we shouldn’t
be all that surprised when we see immoral sexual misconduct surface among those
in that industry.
I get that it’s not just
Hollywood and the entertainment industry dealing with all this. We can point to all types and all persuasions
when it comes to this problem. It’s just
that when I look at Hollywood and the entertainment industry in general that
old saying “you reap what you sow” comes to mind. Actually that would be Galatians 6:7 - “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A
man reaps what he sows.”
Being respectful of women
is a good place to start, but pulling that off is still going to be difficult
for many men if they don’t first have a change of heart. And that change of heart comes from
committing your life to the God of the bible.
God has shown us how to honor, respect, and love others through His
son Jesus Christ. God has shown us the
proper context for sexual relations within the confines of marriage. That might sound fuddy-duddy to some, but if
we were all following God’s direction in this area there would be no sexual
misconduct. I can’t help but wonder what
all those people who were making fun of Mike Pence and his rules for being
alone with women think now. Those rules
have helped him honor God, honor his wife, and honor other women. There’s nothing wrong with that. And as long
as he keeps following those rules you will see no sexual misconduct coming from
our Vice President. It’s my sincere hope
and prayer that some folks will make the connection from their behavior to a
God who loves them and created them and who want’s what’s best for them in
their relationships. Then and only then will we start to see true change.
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