Dispelling the Myth of Oprah…
I like Oprah, I really do… She is a trailblazer in her own
right; too many accolades to count on one hand.
Society and our political arena, etc., have us scared to challenge the status quo – we cannot get along unless
we agree on every point. How can we be
challenged to grow as a people, if we are all just “yes men”? Can we agree to disagree and still be supportive of one another? We don’t like everyone in our own families,
how can we expect to be always agreeable with the world? Is the only stance we have is either you are
with me or against me. I pray that we
can learn to cross the political aisle, as well as that great divide that
separates us as human beings; with observations, opinions, perspectives and non-judgmental debate from
one-to-another. She gets to say her
piece– why can’t I?
For as long as I can remember Oprah being on television, she
has been trying to lose weight. It’s now
been close to 30 years and she still hasn't mastered
shedding the pounds. She is now with
Weight Watchers. If you haven’t been a
member of Weight-Watchers before now, why would you join, because Oprah said so? If a person has been trying to master a thing and it still
hasn't been accomplished in 30 years, apparently, this person is not the master
that they think they are – quite opposite – they think themselves more highly
than they ought.
Ok. Stay with me… now
that being said... Why would you go to
this same person who tells you they have the answer to your spiritual needs? Don’t allow that spirit of Roscoe Jenkins (from the movie Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins)
“Power of me” to keep you from receiving all
that God has for you.
Just because a person “Gives God a
shout-out”, doesn't mean that they serve him whole-heartedly – not perfect, but
from a sincere heart… parenthetically speaking (see Acts 16:16-19).
Super Soul Sunday is what she
calls it. It’s all about the higher power of the universe or
believing in one’s self and a lot of other spiritual
rhetoric (and I use the word spiritual – loosely). In a nutshell, she believes that there’s more
than one way to get to God, other than Jesus Christ; and I know that He is the
only Way, Truth and the Life. Call me
crazy but I think that God has better for me than anything that “I” can do for me.
Now I will give credit where credit
is due. She taught you only one thing and that is how to be a Boss.
How to buy the house you want, to buy the man you want, and so on. I like seeing her purchase cars for an entire
audience but how does that qualify her for entrusting her with your faith, and trust in God
Almighty? Stop allowing the éclat of
this world blind you of what’s real in this life. God is God and besides him stands no
other. She’s raising a formation of
women who don’t value the tenants of our faith as Christians to be submissive
to our husbands, in fact, she doesn't want a husband and neither do the women
who run in the pack with her. I’m
starting to think that is part of the initiation to enter her inner
circle. She doesn't want children, only
animals; if that’s not what you want for your life, and in fact you want a family in every sense of the word, from
what the Word himself says that we
are heirs to; then why are you allowing that stinkin’ thinkin’ to infiltrate your psyche. Come to God believing that he is and that he
is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Oprah has indeed done wonderful
things and I am sure she has done philanthropic works to rival most in both
this country and abroad, but we who trust in the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac
and the God Jacob, trust neither in might, nor power but by his Spirit.
And if you don’t believe that, you have the same will to choose the same
as I; continue on following those who only have the power of wealth and not the
power of the his Spirit.
Those are just some of my thoughts…
and it made me say hmmm….
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