Whose front row are you on?

In cause you weren’t aware, Tiger Woods made a public apology last Friday. The news media and people everywhere have since been asking questions such as “Was he really being sincere?” I don’t know if he was or wasn’t.  I blogged a few thoughts about Tiger sometime ago.

Mike Foster posted some interesting thoughts about who was on the front row listening to Tiger and supporting him.

What stood out to me on Friday? It was the people sitting in the front row.

His Mom who he hugged right after. A top executive from Nike whose company has refused to bail on him. And one of his best friends, fellow golfer Notah Begay, who has stood by Tiger since his college days.

I can imagine that they were not there supporting the terrible stuff that Tiger did, they were there supporting him as an individual.

Over these past few years, I have seen friends and acquaintances fall flat on their faces.  And more often than not, their friends left them standing alone in the mess, fending for themselves. If we really want restoration in their lives, I believe that it is time that we sit on their front row and help them through the mess. No, we aren’t supporting their mess, but someone needs to help them get back on track. The other alternative is that we could coldly say, it isn’t my job.