The desire to see dirty laundry 5-9-03

I was given a dream the other day. And in the dream I was given a chance to see a person in their most humiliating circumstance, with all their dirty laundry out.  I jumped at the chance... and failed the test. 
The test was on how I desire to see people. There was a desire in me to see this person totally bare, with nothing to hide, and their shame in full sight. It gave me a sense of superiority. I said to myself, now that I know the goods on this person, I would always have an advantage over them. Well it was an evil desire. This desire to see people's shame, is the same desire that motivates people toward pornography.  You also see this evil desire in many TV talk shows, like Jerry Springer.  People would come out on stage, air all their dirty laundry, and the crowd would just love it. 
God's word teaches us that we should strive to see people the way God wants them to be, not the way the Devil has them. This is best illustrated by the story of when the prostitute washed the feet of Jesus. (Luke 7:36-40) Jesus saw and treated her as a beautiful child of God, while the pharoses saw her as a prostitute.  Jesus' perspective was the better one.