French authorities are bending over backwards today to defend Roman Polanski after authorities arrested the filmmaker on a 30 year old sexual abuse warrant. The point: He’s an artistic genius. Frederic Mitterrand, the French culture and communications minister, said “he wants to remind everyone that Roman Polanski benefits from great general esteem” and has “exceptional artistic creation and human qualities.” The problem: Polanski pleaded guilty in 1977 to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl – U.S. officials say he drugged and raped her – then fled to France before sentencing. 
Luke 15:8-10 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
We’ve been sitting with the Father, joining Him in His watch. He’s watching and waiting for His prodigals. His eyes scan the horizon just waiting for the first glimpse of His beloved’s return. We are joining Him and praying. He tells us that our prayers are the force necessary to change the hearts of His children. He’s confident that our prayers will avail – so confident that he’s fattening up some of his livestock to prepare for the pending celebrations. He is full of faith.
So, we continue to pray.
I speak to the minds and wills of prodigals and say, “Reject perverse ideas! Stay away from every evil in the Name of Jesus Christ.”
I command doors to open that would bring godly influences into their lives. I slam shut every door of evil influence in the Mighty Name of Jesus.
I take up the call to ferret out the wicked and free Your child from the grip of evil. I call down the powers of addiction in Jesus’ Mighty Name. You must go now. I bind the spirit of pride and arrogance. You must leave in Jesus’ Name.
I ask You, Father, to remove the film over the eyes of the deceived. I apply the Blood of Jesus to these eyes and cry out for mercy. I cry out for justice. I cry out for repentance and returning. May these beloved prodigals once again believe the good news – the good news that You are loving, forgiving, and just waiting to celebrate their return.
Amen
After I prayed this this morning, I looked back at the tree where the Father was waiting, and He was not there, just a few apple cores and a dove. There is a note simply saying, “Be back tomorrow.” He loves it when we wait with Him.
“Okay, Father. See you then.”
In the distance I could hear someone whistling a tune… “Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling…”
posted September 28, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Hello Mark,
As Roman’s victim put it a few years ago. Along with a sequence of bad choices that led to Roman running from the law, Roman shouldn’t have been put in to the legal position he was forced into as it was. Apparently the Judge took it upon himself, “to further his own agenda”- in her words, and where Roman had cooperated and not put up a legal defense (which in our system is not always equivocate with moral defense), in other words he “cut a deal”, he was betrayed by this Judge and was now facing 50 years in jail. Roman ran.
As a public figure who had suffered the trauma of having his wife Sharon Tate and his innocent unborn baby mercilessly butchered by Charlie Manson’s followers just a few years prior to this event he had some cause to doubt grace of any kind- he didn’t bring this up his mental state during his legal proceedings. He was more than willing to atone for his mistake- the Judge went nuts. Roman ran.
Perhaps a more germane question that applies to grace is: whats up with the Swiss? They saw Roman’s legal dilemma for what it was. So after 40 years their grace period on this ran out?
Frank
posted September 28, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Sin can never be met with sin. There is no disputing the sinfulness of Polanski’s actions 30 years ago, but judges should double deal and lie. They either need to give him a new trial, or respect the original plea agreement
posted September 29, 2009 at 7:26 am
This man needs to face the music! He broke our laws, and he needs to pay the consequences. If the judge acted inappropriately, that needs to be dealt with as well – but these should be handled as two separate legal issues.
I don’t care what the man’s ‘job’ is, or how well he may do it… that is not the issue. He had sex with a 13 year old child!! Hello??
Even though she may now say ‘forget it’… do we as American’s just say, ‘well, ok – he makes good movies and she said it’s ok now’?? If so, we may as well erase all the laws on the books and have at it!!