So, I’ve made this decision to
start praying for celebrities in our culture.
I mean, the thing is, most of us value celebrities more than our local
government officials… seriously, I don’t know who the mayor of Winston-Salem
is, I sure don’t know who the mayor of Clemmons is… there was one hot minute
where I would have known a local politician because I knew him from church, but
he decided not to run. So, I am
admitting I know nothing about the people who make decisions that probably
directly affect me… but I watch TV and know the news from Brian Williams, and
then whatever Dateline and ET report on… which seriously those shows really do
have almost the exact same stories… the thing is, most people… well, maybe they
don’t care about local politics, and lots of people don’t care about politics
at all, but entertainment, THAT is big, THAT is influence, THAT is power. At least, it has potential to be power. The money it rakes in. I don’t know that there is a way to change
this set up, with entertainment as King.
Haha, what was it that Jafar said in Aladdin, Whoever has the gold Makes
the rules? It’s true. Or it can seem true. Give me time to really reflect on this, but
the point isn’t so much to point out that celebrity and entertainment are the
gods of the USA, it’s to say, WOW, these people are in such a position of
influence and have so many temptations at their fingertips… would it not be
AWESOME to hear some of them actually preach the Gospel as part of their
identity and what makes them tick? I
mean, for real… it would be really cool.
I guess I would also judge that celebrity based on the message of the
media… for example, I probably would not give the cast of Dexter great
reviews. (I’ve never seen the show and
never will.) It might be a show with
truly talented actors that raises disturbing but intriguing questions about justice…
but a show that elevates a serial killer to a hero is just never going to be
something I would support. But… okay, I
really enjoy Once Upon a Time, as my latest post reveals, so there are some
really great shows and movies and musicals and wow, the entire entertainment
culture, of course there are some really great shows, and the actors could use
our prayers. Now, I will say this, I saw
one episode of the 666 show, which was creepy, and so I prayed against the
show, and every time I saw a commercial I was like, God, please do not let this
show go on. It’s glorifying evil and satan
like he’s some pawn we manipulate, but he’s a roaring lion waiting to destroy
our souls… PLEASE get this show off the air.
And, I guess not enough people watched it, because it did not get another season out there. Well, there’s plenty of other dark shows out
there, that mostly I ignore because I don’t want to know all the crap out there…
wow this post is really all over the place, not very well thought out, but it’s
just a starting point for me, I’ll elaborate on it all eventually. Enough for now. Goodnight!
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