Reality

I like millions of others was caught up last week in the story of the “balloon boy”, the six year old boy that was supposedly trapped in a homemade weather balloon flying high over Colorado. After the balloon landed it was discovered that he was not in the balloon. Cue the hysterical parents on tv and the stoic law enforcement officers as they valiantly carried on the search for the lost boy, only to find him hiding in a box in the attic of the family home.

Several tv interviews later and the truth spills out of the young boy. He thought they did it “for the tv show”. Now his parents are facing charges, the family is being investigated by the child protection service of Colorado and life as they know it may come to end. Why? The pursuit of fame.

Then there’s the single mom in California who already had six children and in one fell swoop added eight more. She wants her own reality tv show. And lest we forget the couple with eight kids whose marriage basically disintegrated in front of a tv audience, now raking each other over the coals in the tabloids. Why? Ostensibly to provide for the children. Realistically? The pursuit of fortune.

I read where several of the “reality” show “stars” complain that it’s hard to date and have relationships while being followed around by cameras. Too bad, so sad, you chose that life. Quit whining as you carry your designer bags, wearing your designer clothes, getting into your luxury automobiles. Try having to choose between a prescription or gasoline, putting food on the table or getting a car fixed, then you can whine.

I admit I do not know these people, I do not watch the reality shows, I only know what I’ve seen and read about them, but I can say one thing, these shows are not reality. Reality is getting up every day and going to work or school, trying to live as we should, endeavoring to do the right thing, whether it’s the popular choice or not.

Ecclesiastes 5:10
Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.

Matthew 6:24
"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."

And the only one who deserves fame is our Father in Heaven.

Hosea 14:7
Men will dwell again in his shade. He will flourish like the grain. He will blossom like a vine, and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.

Habakkuk 3:2
LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.


Stevie


All scripture is New International Version.

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