Mercy, Compassion, Forgiveness...You Got It, Why Can't She?

Casey Anthony was just acquitted of murder for her daughter Caylee. Since then there's been a massive breakout of angry people who say she should have been punished. The first question I want to ask is whether or not you actually followed the trial and saw that there was next to know evidence to prove it either way. All the facts contradicted themselves. I read maybe only 4 news stories on the subject, and, from all of them, found that I wouldn't know either way how to charge her. Whichever way it actually was, God knows whether she did it or not.

Second, consider this quote taken from a friend's facebook status:

"Why do people always look for the bad and wanna see the worst in people! If she wasn't guilty then she wasn't guilty! Casey Anthony has a soul just like everyone else yea she messed up and lied, but that doesn't make her a worse person than you or I. We all have sinned and come short of the glory of God."

As Christians, should we be accusing her or forgiving her? Getting mad or showing mercy? Damning her or showing compassion. Jesus could have damned us all. We all sinners. We've all fallen short of the glory of God. But Jesus instead chose to die for our sins and show us forgiveness, compassion, and mercy. He could have called it quits, asked His Father for those 10,000 angels that were standing by and destroyed the whole world and started over. None of us would be here today if He did. We are all recipients of great compassion and great mercy. In return God asks that we love the world as He did. Don't give someone what they deserve. Love them.