Celebrity deaths

Over the last two weeks or so we seem to have started losing celebrities one after the other. It hardly seems like a day went by that some well-known person died a sudden death and stepped out into eternity.

Since our culture is obsessed with fame and Hollywood and such, I wonder if God isn't trying to get our attention somehow. We hardly know our neighbors these days but we sure know all about stardom and its personalities. It just seems to me that God is trying one more time to get us to wake up and realize that NO one lives forever here on this earth, and no amount of wordly wealth can prevent that nor can you take any of it with you.

Matthew 6:19 & 20 says "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven....".

And in Matthew 16:26 Jesus says "What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?..."

As you celebrate our country's Independence Day this year, reflect a bit on the freedoms that we still enjoy in America, and remember that those freedoms ultimately come from God Himself. We would do well to hold onto that!

Blessings to you my friends...