day no. 15,292: surrounded by an anonymous cloud of witnesses

"When the charges are framed contrary to these biblical standards, they should simply be round-filed. For example: 1. The Bible prohibits anonymous accusation (Deut. 19), and because “John Smith” is not his real name, he does not have real biblical accountability in making his charges. A “male” in the “United States” needs to be narrowed down a bit further. 2. The Bible prohibits solitary accusation against elders (1 Tim. 5:19); this means that two or three (accountable) witnesses are required for each specification. 3. If anonymous accusers are allowed (see #1), then the requirement on #2 can be easily bypassed by a sole accuser (via multiple screen names of “George,” “Stan,” and “Melody,” not to mention the always reliable “numerous sources have informed me”). This nameless cloud of witnesses all crossed their hearts and hoped to die." - Douglas Wilson, A Justice Primer

When you are surrounded by an anonymous cloud of witnesses, kindly request they come back with credentials or don't come back at all. 

Hebrews 12:1-3
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

God calls His own cloud of witnesses to the stand, those named and numbered, with faith credentials and all, to be your encouragers. Do not succumb to a nebulous cloud of criticism. It wants to lay weight upon you until you cannot move. It wants to cling close and keep you down. It wants to block your path and stifle your progress. It wants you to look at them and their envy and inwardly at your imperfection, anything other than looking at Jesus. It wants you to endure shame and to consider them, who hover above in judgmental authority over your particular situation. They want you to wear out and faint so that they may tread upon your corpse.

Jude 1:12
They are like clouds blowing over the land without giving any rain. 

In every way, they desire the antithesis of what God sent Jesus to accomplish and our duty in response to His active reign, but they are mists evaporating in the heat of the sun. They cannot produce rain. They have nothing life-giving in what they do. They hover only to darken, but part ways when the Son rises and come to nothing.