who was it?

I want to know…
I am curious to find out…
I mean, who was the guy who shot that policeman in Papatoetoe, Auckland recently?
Who is that guy who is supposedly a comedian and ex Member of Parliament? (probably a joke there as well?)
Who is that entertainer who did some lewd act to a poor girl in a back alley?

We want to know don’t we?

Millions upon millions of dollars are earned by publishing companies every year telling us the latest story of some celebrity.
People want to know who Kate Hudson is with now.
People want to know what Angelina looks like today, and how many more kids she can adopt.

We have this build in ‘morbid’ curiosity to know everything we can about everyone else. In fact, the ‘juicier’ the details, the more curious we become.

Is that right?
Or are there some bigger issues going on here?

This is not some new phenomenon specific to this generation.
It was even around during Jesus time here on earth.

One time some people where about to stone a lady because she hadn’t been faithful to her husband.
I am sure that not all the crowd were personally involved, but yet they were still keen to throw a rock at her.
Jesus shakes the whole scene up by saying...“he who has not sinned can cast the first stone.”
To which no one does…because they know they have shortcomings in their own lives to.

Another time Jesus asked the people listening to him to not worry as much about the spec in their neighbours eye, but to deal with the plank in their own eye.

Maybe the point is that we don’t really need to know about all those people with ‘name suppression’?
What good will it do to know anyway apart from entertain us or some sick level?

Let’s focus on us and the world around us.
Let’s be the salt and light once again and focus on what really matters.

Something to think about…