But do not gloat over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; do not boast in the day of distress.
When was the last time you checked your entertainment senses? Have you noticed what you are watching, what entertains you?
I am not talking to people who have kids. Of course, you are going to monitor what your children watch. In some ways that force you to monitor yourself when you watch television.
I was listening to a podcast the other night and somewhere in the conversation, someone said, isn’t it interesting how other people’s pain is entertaining for us?
You see that in different types of competitiveness when one team beats the hell out of another team. Or a player on the opposing team gets hurt. The other side gloats in excitement. I wonder if this is true when I watch television or extended cable like Netflix and Amazon Prime.
I immediately looked at myself. In my head, I did an inventory check on what I am entertained by when watching television. Let me be the first to say, I am so guilty of this. My go-to show when watching television is anything on Dateline, ID-Investigating Discovery. I could binge-watch both of these shows forever and never get tired.
“I asked myself, is there something wrong with me? Is this some sort of sickness? Do I need to talk to someone?”