About the Madoff Case

I have been hearing today about the sentencing of Bernie Madoff, the infamous architect of a "Ponzi scheme" that apparently defrauded thousands of investors out of billions of dollars. A TV reporter I heard used the phrase "destituted these people (the "victims)." I want to share my spiritual take on this.

God is All - All-power. There is no room for any other power than God, since God is all, infinite and good. He supplies all. No one can "destitute" anyone else, because we all have everything we need, and we have access to everything we need. We never lack, and humans do not have the power to take away what God has bestowed on us. I am praying to know that everyone in this situation will understand their infinite supply of good and their wholeness and perfection has not been compromised in any way. Even Mr. Madoff is a perfect expression of God, and I pray to know that he understands right from wrong, understands the purpose of justice. Mr. Madoff was created to be benevolent, not greedy; creative, not crafty; humble, not prideful.

I pray that he sees the error in his ways, repents and becomes the glorious expression of God once again. Greed, craftiness and pride are errors with no foundation; they do disappear when one recognizes the Truth in how he's created and who he TRULY is.

I'm not saying I have sympathy for Mr. Madoff; I pray to have compassion for him in the same way Jesus did when he healed the adulterous woman and said, "Go, and sin no more." I pray to love him as well as the "victims" and that Mr. Madoff will repent and become "like a little child" - the complete, perfect, innocent, child of God that we all are.