The Well Palmdale, CA

So if you've been watching TV or reading the paper lately, I'm sure you've heard that Michael Vick is being released from prison today.  Vick (former Atlanta Falcons quarterback) served almost 21 months in prison and will be serving another two months in home confinement due to his involvement in dog fighting at his home.  Now, I don't want to debate whether or not his sentence was justified or not, but what got me posting today was many of the conversations I've heard and saw.  The big debate now by the talking heads is whether or not he deserves a second chance in the NFL.  Before his arrest he was arguably the greatest player in football.  Now, I'm not sure how well he could perform in the NFL after having two years off, but it seems that people don't want to really know "if he could play"...they want to know if he deserves another chance.

I think that the reason why everyone is talking about it is because we have to deal with this very situation all of the time in our lives.  We have people who have wronged us in some way, and we debate in our hearts and even amongst our loved ones whether or not they deserve forgiveness and reinstatement into our lives. 

I'd like to leave this up for discussion, but I will say right off the bat...does Vick deserve forgiveness...NO.  Nobody deserves forgiveness, but Vick is forgiven because Jesus loves him.  The challenge is this, "How much should we allow people who have wronged/hurt us back into our lives?"  Does not allowing Vick back into the NFL mean that they have not forgiven him?  Where does self-protection get in the way of forgiving and goes against Matthew 5:40 and Matthew 18:21-22?  Let me know your thoughts.

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