Greetings Dear Reader,
We sure do love our celebrity gossip. There exists an entire billion dollar industry
tasked to mine, manufacture, and produce celebrity gossip. Many see this as allowable and harmless. Our society treats its celebrities as a type
of royalty.
People think that the actions of those in the public eye are
fair game for talk, speculation, and judgment.
Lindsey Lohan’s drug problems or Tiger Woods’ affairs become lunch
conversation. Their problems and
failures become our entertainment.
There are many reasons why this is wrong for me as a Christ follower. The first is that I am commanded to love
everyone. Gossiping about people and
their problems is the opposite of loving them.
I have no right to say anything negative about someone I do not
know.
I have the privilege of knowing a few famous people. It makes me keenly aware of how media
speculation and public judgment hurt those at the center of the gossip. My responsibility is to love. My obligation is kindness.
What I do to combat this is express my compassion when
someone brings up a celebrity in the news.
I pray for them. I ask God to
send someone to help them. Not knowing
the persons does not limit my ability to care about his or her needs.
We are warned to treat strangers well. We are commanded to love our enemies and
neighbors. Speculation and judgment
about a celebrity violates all of this.
Gossip about celebrities does great damage. The damage that we need to worry about is the
damage it does to us.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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So true it seems pleasurable to wallow in the troubles of those in the eye of the media for our own entertainment. I suggest live by example kind of a good way to be.Karma is strong but Christ is stronger.
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