We both know the cliche of: when you're a Christian you're not really supposed to know what's going on in the world of gossip, camers and scandals etc... To stay cocooned and maybe on occasion pass religious Jugment; but at the same time I believe that it is good to know what is going on in social media, news and the world around you and not be oblivious to it.
Its very good to know what is happening in governmental politics, the terrifying and brutal world of Isis and celebrity news. Not that you glorify it mentally or model your life around it but at the same time a general awareness is something that I personally enjoy being up to date with.
It's good to know: what the Bible prophesied thousands of years ago is literally unfolding and unravelling like the ribbon of a tailors work bench into the reality of life as we know it today.
So; via our telephone conversation where upon we discussed celebrities and the lifestyle of the rich and famous we clearly fell upon a mutual agreement.
This was that: Our most sincere feeling towards the subject of certain celebrities was empathy and concern.
We talked celebs like:Rihanna, Beyoncé, Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson, Mcauly Caulkin
(We all remember Britney)..
We reminisced on about where they began in life, their talents and God given gifts and how far they ended up.
What if there had been somebody in their lives that was genuine and could help them?
Now in the case of my absolute favourites Whitney, Michael and even Elvis it's too late so to see the moral demise of Beyonce in her dignity and self worth who started as a Christian girl singing in church and is now letting her sister K.O. her husband in an elevator, it's sad.
We still pray that there is time for her and many more to change.
I think the most disturbing and petrifying thoughts are where upon the deaths are the same as one of their parents.
We know Whitney Houstons daughter was found in a bath tub recently, her lungs full of water in the same way her mother met her fate, Peaches Geldof had the same demise as her own mother, it's deeply horrifying.
When you think about just how many celebrities have each died in the most unfortunate ways in the past few years it's a sombre thought. it's increased and shocking to contemplate just how young they are.
From Brittany Murphy, Robin Williams, peaches Geldof, Alexander McQueen, Amy winehouse; Some from suicide and some from drugs we know that they had to be deeply empty, lonely and very unhappy individuals.
It's too late now, they are gone but never forgotten. The rest that remain with us that show these signs of sadness and insecurities we vow to pray for.
It's a solemn thought but who is next? Who's going to be the next tragic headliner?
Where we as readers will literally have a sip of their coffee with their morning paper, look to the headlines and think: My goodness I didn't know they were that miserable.
We can only see the outward but God looks at the heart.
Internal misery can only be filled with Gods love. Not by the love of a man or woman, what comes out of a bottle.
Those famous song words:
"travel the world and the seven seas,
everybody's looking for something.."
Hold a poniant and sobering mindset for our world today.
The further we stray from the truth the more likely we are to forget it existed and live with the emptiness inside.
Most people search for that fulfilment and never find it.
Today's thoughts are simple. We're praying for celebrities, people in power and leaders.
That they make the right choices and are guided by conviction in their search for the ultimate truth, and indeed find it.
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