Well I'm sure you've heard the news. Michael Jackson died today at 50. Press releases online are being made as I type this out and the possible cause is heart attack.
I never really was a big follower of Michael Jackson, although he was always before my eyes growing up watching MTV. He definitely was an individual that epitomized 'cool'. I remember friends wearing their Michael Jackson jacket, penny loafers, glasses and every now and then someone would even dare to wear a glove!
But even with his 'coolness' the man was disturbed mentally, emotionally and most significantly spiritually. Even though he epitomized 'cool', he also epitomized empty.
Could there be such a more well known figure that sought after everything, but Christ? Was there another that filled their lives with so many things that evidently never really satisfied? Has there been such a one that kept longing for more and more worldliness?
The truth is.....all of us have at one time or another!
Maybe not on the scale that Michael Jackson was able to afford, but we all, at one time sought after everything, but Christ! We all, at one time, filled our lives with things that never really satisfied! We all, at one time, longed for more and more of the world! We all, at one time or another have been guilty of the same.
Only by God's grace, I am what I am!
So, I echo another blogger's thoughts concerning his death....."May God use even this to increase our compassion and ministry to the lost, broken, and confused."
Because the truth is, before God's grace, we have all spent some time there as well!
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