mel gibson

He gets it. Mel Gibson is half nuts, fully aware of his sinful nature, confused, messy....and redeemed. We rarely get to see a Christian so honest about the rawness of his sinful nature. We hear him apologize and try to make things right while still being mystified by the sin that lives within him. Mel Gibson may be broken, but he gets it. He knows he needs grace.

This is something alcoholics "get" better than most people (once they become self-aware). Alcoholics are able to admit that they can't fix themselves...that they are in trouble. And the reality is, they're no different than the rest of us. The rest of us are in trouble...in a mess...unable to fix ourselves...mystifyingly broken...terribly rebellious. We just hide it under a nicer exterior.

The problem that I see with our never-ending "niceness" is that it blinds us to our need for a Savior. We can't bear to look our rebellious hearts "in the eye." We are terrified of what we would find there if we did.

That's why Mel Gibson's courage in doing that can inspire us. Only when we see our basic human problem can we see our need for grace.