Let’s
not get distracted by the sordid details…Judah consorting with a woman he
believes is a prostitute, and finding out she is his own daughter-in-law.
Hard to
put a good spin on this one…
Judah
was obviously a “Big Shot“. He moved about in his community and got what
he wanted. He also did what he wanted. Big shots get to do this. Judah also
suffered loss. Two of his sons died and his wife died. Big shots
often endure the same pain as the rest of us. But, Big Shots get to
take matters into their own hands…
Judah
promised Tamar his youngest son…but never followed through. Whatever the
reason, nobody held him accountable.
Judah
told Tamar to move back home with her dad and she did…with no record of how her
dad felt about it. Big Shots wield that kind of authority.
Judah
no longer had a wife so he sought another outlet for his cravings. Somebody
must have rationalized it away. Nobody told him he couldn’t, or shouldn’t.
In the
end, an entire family…probably the entire community…was disrupted. Babies were
born and Judah had to endure a healthy dose of humility. To his credit, he
handled it well once he recognized his failures.
When we
are Big Shots only God is left to keep us in line. That can be embarrassing.
Perhaps we should be thankful for our own little corner of existence…where our
friends and families are perfectly content to keep us in line.
Live
boldly out there today…
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