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They Got It Right!


In the vast wasteland of TV, which frequently encompasses profanity, innuendos and a lack of morality, I found a show that got it right!

While many TV shows never really deal with the deeper issues of life, this one did.  In one particular episode, one of the main characters was endeavoring to help another character deal with the regrets of having missed an opportunity.  The conversation between the characters took a serious turn when the one asked the other:  “Is what you did so unforgivable?”

The conversation then got right down to the heart of the matter when the character further said:  “It is guilt which crushes us”, followed by “It is shame which holds us in the dark.”
Wow!  On TV, no less!

David, the Psalmist, used similar words in probing the subject of guilt.  He wrote that his guilt had overwhelmed him like a burden too heavy to bear (Ps 38:4).

Paul, the Apostle, in touching on the subject of shame, wrote that hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts…(Rom 5:5).

In the book of Hebrews, the author considers how our consciences can be clear.  They can be clear when our hearts are cleansed by the blood of Jesus (Heb 10:22).

While the TV show did touch upon being overwhelmed by guilt and shame, it did fall short when it didn’t offer any real solutions.  But there is a solution that we have access to, TV or no TV, and it is found in hope and God’s love being poured into our hearts and the blood of Jesus!


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