Consider

This morning officials of the NCAA announced the penalties placed on Penn State in the wake of the sexual abuse scandal: sixty million dollars, all wins from 1998 to 2011 rescinded, no post-season games for four years. A powerhouse football program decimated. The legacy of a man blotted out as if he had never a coached. Too harsh? I don’t think so.

The Bible has a clear exhortation: Consider not only your own interests but also the interests of others (Philippians 2:4). Football was placed over the safety and well-being of little boys, children, the least among us.

The result is that many are suffering, the innocent as well as the guilty: the victims and their families, the convicted and his family, those who lost their jobs in disgrace and their families, football players and students who will suffer the consequences of the NCAA ruling, alumni of Penn State, citizens of State College and of Pennsylvania…the list is endless.

Consider not only your own interests but also the interests of others.

If these words ruled our hearts and minds, what a different world we would live in.