July 7, 2011 with 7 Comments

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Guilty or Not Guilty

I swore I wasn’t going to write a post about Casey Anthony.

I promised myself I wouldn’t be sucked in by the culture.

Yet here I am writing a post about Casey Anthony.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

I got an email via facebook today urging me to light a lamp on my patio if I believed Casey was wrongly acquitted. Or maybe I was supposed to light it if I agreed with her verdict. I’m seriously confused. I’m confused by the deluge of Casey Anthony information that is being shoved down my throat.

Until two days ago I was one of 5 people I knew who managed not to get sucked into the Casey vortex. Then in 140 characters or less my tweeps kindly filled me in on the details of the wretched case. Casey – neglectful mother of an adorable 2 y/o daughter – forgot to notify police of missing daughter for 31 days; the daughter was found in the mom’s trunk tied up with various home equipment; crazy grandfather popped up regularly as part of the family fiasco. The bottom line remained that this would be an easy verdict: guilty.

Or not.

Who knew something so obvious could be so vague?

I had lunch with a handful of friends today and was pleasantly surprised that one of my friends had never heard of Casey. Ever.

Wow.

I bet you don’t know anyone who’s never ever heard of Casey Anthony.

So why do I sit here and debate the merits of a legal case gone bad?

Lawyers are thrilled by the verdict. They believe the system has won, and what more important gauge of success do we have in the United States of America than a system that works. We are a country with many currently broken systems: social security, the housing market, the mortgage industry. In the midst of a sea of brokenness lies a beacon of success – the legal system.

How blessed we are to know that beyond a reasonable doubt our legal system has come out victorious. I, for one, will sleep better tonight.

Beyond a reasonable doubt. Do you know anything beyond a reasonable doubt?

Here’s what I know beyond a reasonable doubt:

I am guilty.

I deserve death and punishment.

But someone took the hit for me.

His name is Jesus.

And I was miraculously unbelievably, shockingly, amazingly set free.

My name is Lina, and I’m forgiven. I’ve been utterly set free for a crime that I did commit beyond a reasonable doubt.

And for that I’m forever grateful.

Guilty. Or not guilty.

What do you think?

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  • http://ZCxz Milo

    Guilty but declared innocent because of Grace. Grace greater than all my sin. I have prayed that Casey will come ro know a. Savior who can set her truly free forever. What a testimony she can be rather than a porn star.

  • Jennine G

    The first thing that came to my mind with the Casey Anthony case is how far our society is falling toward relativism in almost everything moral. God help us. I’m grateful for Christ revealing His absolute truth to me, and we, as believers, need to be praying for the harvest.

  • Gina

    Morning. Oh boy great post.God will save those who give their life 2 him. I cant have kids,if I could. I wouldn’t wait even a second 2 start looking.lawyers well he won his case.Bottom line God-casey,her family knows what happened. They will stand before God one day and ask 2 be let it. All I know is a little girl was taken 2 soon.may she. R.I.P. and know many loved her .

  • Ruth

    Great post.

  • Connie Lee

    My thought was this exactly I am guilty before a Holy God and praise God he paid the penalty for me.

  • Naomi

    I’m counter cultural I guess: why – WHY – did this case make the headlines into “legitimate” news sources? This stacks up just like the girl beauty queen, and OJ Simpson. WHY? I didn’t follow it. Occasionally when it was in my face on *every channel* I’d get clips of this or that. She’s guilty, and now she’s going to be a multi-millionaire. But *why* do I even know this nobody named Anthony even exists? Irks me…

  • A Lawyer

    Lawyers are not thrilled with the verdict. Lawyers do not believe that the system has “won.” It is an example of how well our system works – sometimes a guilty person goes free. And yes, fortunately with Jesus all guilty people can eventually “go free.”