What is the deal with all of the TV icons passing away at once? Within the last couple of weeks or so Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcett, a famous impressionest (I can’t remember his name), Michael Jackson, Billy Mays, and Karl Malden have all left this world.  The lesson to me is: I don’t have much time either. Our earthly lives are short. I want to make mine count. At the end of my days when I stand before God, he isn’t going to care how much money I made, only what I did with what I have.

But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower. ¹¹For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business.

James 1:9

Watching T.V. last night was scary.  I wonder how many people there were in the declining Roman empire that realized things were going south?  If you can judge a culture by its heroes, we are in big trouble.

I don’t want to be mean to Michael’s family. He was a tortured soul, a completely messed up guy. His family was messed up, and that wasn’t his fault. It’s so sad that somebody with his gifts (which were given to him so that he could glorify God,) would end up the way he did. Not to mention the other people he took down with him.  There is a word for Michael Jackson: lost.