Man is a creation of GOD. People are presented with choices in their lives which they know are for the good or bad in each and every one of us. Most of us want to enjoy pleasure and avoid pain during our time on earth. This is the goal for most people.
Our lives take different turns and pathways which alter our lifestyle and our plans. Eliot Spitzer hit one of the most tantalizing traps a man can face. It sends more people into misery than any other act of self-pleasure. If a person gives in to such a temptation there is no way you can ignore the outcome of your act.
There is a time in every one’s life where one feels they deserve more then they are receiving. They believe they are being abused because others just don’t understand them. They begin to want some sort of reassurance they are still the person they were which is the main cause they cross the line between what is right and what is wrong.
Eliot Spitzer is a man who had good intentions yet he fell from grace because he believed he was above the laws of nature. Perhaps he was having a rough time in this family life; in politics he was just beginning to gain back some of his popularity with the people.
Spitzer lived a life being the top gun; the hero for the people. He was the man who brought down the bad guys. He did an excellent job and was recognized as the hero of the underdog. This feeling would give any person a gigantic rush. This rush fed into Gov. Spitzer’s personality and made him feel superior and kingly.
Feelings such as these were a dangerous combination when the walls starting falling down around him when, as Governor his popularity slipped badly because the people didn’t agree with his ideas.
During this period of his life the need for someone or something to make him feel important and useful raised it tempting head. Those who know the Bible know that King David took Bathsheba for his wife after he arranged for her husband to meet an early demise, and King Solomon took Sheba. They both faced similar temptations and fell to them.
Governor Spitzer gave in to his selfishness and ignored the pain he would cause so many others to feel. The truth is, thoughts like that don’t enter a man’s head when he has committed himself to an act of betrayal.
Very few men have not faced feelings of worthless and needed to feel the reassurance of their importance to their family and themselves. Unfortunately many have crossed the sexual line, not because they loved the people around them less, but because of their human frailty.
Eliot Spitzer may have to pay a much higher price than the average man for his indiscretion but the lesson he will learn will test the metal of who he really is. I think he should try to fight the hate mongers and the righteous few who are ready to cast the first stones – of their own guilt. Hopefully he won’t resign.