I related yesterday a story about Rachel and a boy at school who broke the rules by chewing gum, blowing a bubble, and it popped all over his face. Last Friday, Rachel noticed a boy in the classroom who was frantically rubbing his hands together. He looked worried. He looked up at her with bubble gum on his face and hands.
He said there must have been gum under the desk or on the table or somewhere. It was clear that he had been chewing bubble gum (against the rules) and had blown a bubble that popped. The evidence was all over his face.
She told him to go to the bathroom – the one with paper towels rather than an air dryer – and wash his hands and his face. Bless his heart, he thought he was in hot water!
The point I want to make this morning is that Rachel did what she could, every step of the way, to keep the situation from being blown out of proportion. She tried not to draw other students’ attention to him. She could see in his face that he knew he had broken the rules. Was there a need to tell the teacher and/or turn him in to the principal?
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Isn’t that how Jesus responded with the woman caught in adultery in John 8? She was already totally embarrassed, being brought out in public after having been caught in the very act (8:3). Jesus did not try to embarrass her any more. Eventually, He told her to “go and from now on, sin no more” (8:11).
Earlier, Jesus told His followers this about how to act when you know someone has sinned: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother” (Matthew 18:15). God created us with a self-image. Dealing with sin privately, as much as possible, helps save a soul from death and preserves one’s self-image.
–Paul Holland
