Today Donald Trump did the unexpected--instead of "you're fire," he uttered different words. He gave Tara Connor, the reigning Miss USA, a second chance at keeping her crown. Allegations have run wild over the last few days suggesting that Connor was a partier, drug user, and all out playgirl. So why did the Donald give her another chance after her crown had been tarnished? As we all know, any publicity is good publicity, so this whole ordeal has brought the spotlight on the Miss USA pageant and on Donald himself as to how he will handle this whole thing. Some may think that Mr. Trump showed grace to Tara because he truly believes she is a "good person." Others may be a bit more cynical and surmise that Mr. Trump only did this to show a softer side to himself, or to keep a good public image of himself.
Whatever the reason, I cannot decide if I think this was a good decision or a bad one. On one hand, this is grace in action. Donald owns the crown and had very good reason to strip Connor of the crown and hand it over to the runner up. Yet, he chose to be merciful. On the other hand, does this leniency send a message to a bunch of young ladies that discipline is always put off until "next time"? Will the integrity of the position of Miss USA remain, or will it plummet just like the position of the presidency has over the last 15 years?
Whatever you may think about this particular situation, it does provide good fodder for illustrating what mercy and grace are. Every day we receive new mercies from the Father of mercies, and are flooded with the underserved grace of the Most Holy God. We are all Tara Connor's and should ball our eyes out just like she did with respect to what God has done for us.
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