Rodent Regatta

is joy in the suffering of others. We live in a world today where relishing the sorrows, sadness, hurts, misfortunes or unrest of another is very common. It’s common among Christians, even when they are mentioning your name softly for prayer requests (an all-too-common euphemism for gossip). It’s common among those who are driven as they see yet another ”competitor” fall from ”the race.” It’s common among those who secretly revel in seeing someone who’s been ”too successful” falling victim to the observer’s idea of justice or revenge. Very simply, it’s common for people to get some sort of twisted pleasure when they find another hurting; even more so if they get to witness emotion!

Heaping more pain on those who are suffering is not our calling. I have no idea how people reconcile this sort of behavior with their professed faith in a Savior who said:

”Don’t pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults — unless, of course, you want the same treatment. That critical spirit has a way of boomeranging.” Matthew 7:1-2 The Message