In the News

In the news this week is yet ANOTHER celebrity who is making poor choices and who seems to feel that the rules and laws that apply to everyone else don’t actually apply to him. (It’s a “him” this week, but it could just as easily be a “her.”) This is just further proof for my mind that we have our priorities seriously screwed up in this country. A person’s worth is based on how big a celebrity he or she is – not on anything real and substantial. Movie star? Politician? Sports figure? Then you are important. Average person trying to get through life – with not a lot of money or fame or people following his or her “tweets”? Not so important. And that’s sad.

Personally – this celebrity’s antics are no longer news to me. If I see him on the television or hear him on the radio, I am changing the channel – and if I am not in a position where I can do that (on the vanpool, for example) I will go somewhere else in my mind. I am not going to watch him in any venue or pay attention to him at all. I can’t change his actions, but I can change how his actions affect me. And from here on out – they won’t. When did it become OK for celebrities to misbehave, and how have we allowed that misconduct to have no consequences? I’m pretty sure if I tried some of those things – they would haul my butt to jail and throw away the key.

I’m not a celebrity – and I really don’t want to be. But I AM important – God tells me I am:

“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” (Matthew 10:29-31, NIV)