Really Shine FM??
Quick rant...
Was driving home earlier tonight and radio host shares a story of how a guy working at a bank fell asleep and managed to complete a multi-million dollar transaction accidentally while asleep. His boss apparently wasn't paying attention too and approved that as well. Then the radio host says something on the lines of...
"aren't you glad you're not in his shoes? Life's not so bad anymore! You could have it worse. Life is good!"
Not the exact words, but she did say word-for-word "LIfe is good!" and that was the gist of what she said...
1. Not sure why the Christian radio host is essentially delighting and using others' pain to make herself and others feel better about themselves.
2. Everyone has different values. Is she assuming that the loss of a job/work shame is much worse than say losing a loved one? She's speaking publicly on the radio to a wide audience that may not have the same values of job/image as top priority. Making a mistake and getting fired/ridiculed for the mistake at one's job could possibly mean much less to that person than the radio host thinks.
People like Job lost everything, but life was still good. Paul was in prison and persecuted for his beliefs, but life was still good, as he kept doing what he was doing. The disciples of Jesus dropped their jobs and were martyrs, but life was still good. These individuals lost lots on this Earth, but life was still good because of Christ, not their jobs.
3. As Christians, "Life is good" not because we delight in the mistakes & hardships of others, but because we ourselves are sinners and we make mistakes, even when we repent of sin, and that God's holiness, grace, and forgiveness washes our sin so we can be in relationship with God. Sin, grace, repentance, forgiveness, justice etc... is why life is good in a nutshell!
That is all!
