Three ways, all of which relieve us of a burden to exact retribution and simultaneously exalt Christ.
The first is the absorb one's self in the knowledge that we are all going to stand before God and give account for every single thing we did in this life, and a just and holy God is going to judge us. Those who are in Christ Jesus will escape the penalty of their sins, but they are still going to have to stand accountable before the Judge of all flesh in order to be granted mercy in His presence and inherit eternal life. We born-again believers have signed the deed of salvation but have yet to take possession of the physical property of it, which will take place when all accounts are settled before His throne. (Romans 4:12; Hebrews 13:17; 1 Peter 4:4,5; and then there's this gem: "But I [Jesus] say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment." Matthew 12:36)
The second is to saturate one's self in the knowledge that Christ died for such gross wickedness, and if an evil doer asks for forgiveness through Christ, it is granted to him, even clinton if he asks for this, which drives us to glory in the cross of Christ, for we, too, have injured others who have a claim on our hides.
The third is to know that those who do not repent of their wickedness in this life are going to be sent by a just God into hell forever, away from His wonderful presence, as penalty for their hardnes of heart and pride. In other words, they are going to get what is coming to them, and our portion is to wait on His justice and mercy to be revealed.
And here's a heart-grabber to think on. If clinton should truly repent, he will be our brother in Christ, here and in heaven. Now that's something that calls for a deeper understanding of grace -- how we are to abide with the person of bill clinton in heaven for eternity if he truly repents. It speaks wonders of the miracles of grace God bestows on repentants. Consider Paul, who persecuted believers and consented to their imprisonments and deaths. The people whose lives he destroyed will dwell with him in heaven, forever, by the grace of God through the Cross of Christ. And His Word says that no evil will dwell there, because we will all become like Him. Evil shall not pass into heaven from earth.
That's how I cope with bill clinton's crimes that seem to escape punishment for the time being.
1 Timothy 5:24 "Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after."
I have considered this quite often actually, Gretchen, and in understanding that my sins are as filthy as his, and that my heart is as wicked by nature as his, except through the blood of Christ, I accept that should he repent he will be completely forgiven.
My problem is, obviously, that he has not, and that he is compounding the sins of his administration with lies that implicate the two very honorable men whose administrations surround his.
As I said before, I am not a patient person, and I want justice right now. And in spite of the fact that I have walked with the Lord for over 45 years, I have a very hard time actually praying for him. He is an enemy of the American people, and an enemy particularly of the Christians in this country, and yet we are called to love him, and to pray for him.
Hard to do, Gretchen. Hard to do.