The "Prejean Debacle"

(DISCLAIMER: THIS IS KIND OF A LONG ONE - SO, GET READY)

Okay; so, Carrie Prejean has been in a bit of a tumult in recent months. From her VERY public support of "one-man/one-woman", traditional marriage stance aimed at judge Perez Hilton's obviously probing question during the Ms. America pageant, to the latest "it-wasn't-a-sex-video" scandal, Ms. Prejean has repeatedly denounced the "liberal media" as being biased against "conservative women", especially "evangelical Christians."

--- All right... let's go there for a moment. ---
The media may well indeed be biased, but who cares?
That's right: I said, "who cares?"

Carrie, whether or not it was a "sex video", a "private video to your boyfriend" or whatever the video situation in question may be, it is time to show some brokenness.

Carrie is out promoting her book, STILL STANDING. Yes, I saw her interview on the TODAY Show (and by the by, Meredith Vieira, let's try and hide our scowl a little more), and I saw her remove her microphone on LARRY KING LIVE, and I must say that I have been both disappointed and broken-hearted about Carrie's absolute lack of humility and repentance in light of her current situation.

Come on! You made a salacious video, (when you were 17!!!), that you tried to hide, and it has now come out. However, instead of coming along and taking these nation-wide pulpits to show repentance and a contrite heart, you are using your platform to denounce the "liberal media"... I'm sorry, but did Jesus Christ care about the spin doctors on the "Left"? (or the "Right" for that matter...???)

Carrie, don't defend yourself. Don't pass the buck of blame. Take the heat. Stand in the fire. Be purified in this moment. If you made these mistakes in the dark, and they have now been brought to the light, don't be caught STILL STANDING... be found ON YOUR FACE IN REPENTANCE.
You should have been the first to say there was a tape out there, and you should have been the first to fall on your face in repentance about it.

That is how you could have shown the, as you call it, "liberal media", what brokenness looks like.
You said in your TODAY show interview that the video was "the biggest mistake of [your] life."

Okay; so own up to it. Don't make "the biggest mistake of [your] life" about an attack from the "Left", make it about an opportunity to show the amazing gift of grace that is only available through Jesus Christ.

Make this moment about humility in the shadow of the Cross and not about self-defense in the shadow of Keith Olbermann. Who cares what Keith Olbermann says about you?!?!

Since when does Christianity and the journey of salvation have anything to do with the "Left" or the "Right"... oh, sorry. Did I rock a couple of Evange-political boats on that one?

SIDE-STEPPING: Whether or not you agree with him or his affiliation, Pastor Erwin McManus of MOSAIC in Los Angeles shared a very profound statement not too long ago. He said that in the early days of Christianity, "we didn't even call ourselves 'Christians'. The World called us 'Christians'. We were simply 'Followers of The Way.' Then, somewhere along the line, we started calling ourselves 'Christians', and the World started calling us 'hypocrites'."
OUCH!!!

Carrie, the whole of the Media World is now calling you an Evangelical Christian Hypocrite as you defend your "biggest mistake" as a ploy by the "liberal media" to silence you.

I am praying that you use this opportunity to be the role model you profess that you want to be. Let's fall on our face in humility and receive the available grace. Let's make this whole debacle about the redeemed opportunities offered through Jesus Christ and the grace that he gives to the humble (James 4:6b/ I Peter 5:5b).

If, as an "Evangelical Christian", you are going to suffer for anything, suffer for the name of Christ (ie: I Peter 4:12-19), not for the Republican Party.

Come on, Christians, let's quit giving the World a reason to call us "hypocrites." Let's quit shaming the name of Jesus Christ by being the most self-defending group in Western Culture. I once said to a friend, "for a group of people whose entire belief system is based upon the assumption of being sinfully wrong, I'm amazed at how quickly we Christians try and prove how constantly right we are."

What if... WHAT IF!!! ... we were the first to admit our dirty secrets, the first to admit our wrong-doings, the first to admit that we don't have all the answers...??? What if we were the first to really fall on our knees before the World drives us to our knees...???

Human nature is all about self-preservation... but, I wonder when will we accept the eternal nature of self-sacrifice?

God grant us ALL the grace to admit when we are wrong.

PS - Carrie, you are loved by your Christian brethren, and I am praying that you will be able to hold steadfast to your faith through this ordeal. May Christ dwell in you fully!