Year in the life of Dez... day 14

Glorification

I am writing day 14 a touch early...it may not even show up till tomorrow. That would work out just fine too. Halloween is tomorrow and I see us being quite busy. So, while I have this on my mind I am going to go ahead and blog about it.

We were just sitting here watching television and yet ANOTHER commercial for Michael Jackson came on. Since he has died he has been on TV and in the media more than he ever was alive. If you think about it, he was usually ONLY in the news for idiotic crap at that.

I am not one to knock a person when they are dead. I am not trying to be cruel in this post. I want to make a point and I am going to try to do it in the best way that I know how.

Right now the media is glorifying Michael Jackson. They are blaming EVERYONE else for his addiction issues. The problem with that is MICHALE JACKSON is the one who had the issue. He is the one who doped up and payed doctors to dope him up. Yet, it is EVERYONE elses fault that he is dead today. I don't quite understand that.

I have also heard folks say that even though he was a drug addict that he was a fabulous father. GIVE. ME. A. BREAK. No parent that is a drug addict is a fabulous parent. Can we use the word DENIAL here? Please?
I know that the kids are the ones who are suffering now. I feel bad for them for losing their father.

Also, just out of curiosity, how many times was this man accused of sexual misconduct with a minor child? Have you ever heard the expression "when there is smoke there is fire". I don't know the details of all the allegations...I do know that at least one of them was "settled out of court".

So why, today, after the man has died of a drug overdose, do we GLORIFY him in the manner that he is being glorified? I have seen his name in the media so much and frankly I am sick of it. It is like everyone FORGOT how he lived so that they can glorify him in death. I just don't understand. I don't get it... I just don't. If you can explain it to me than please do so!

I am not saying that we should beat the man down for what he did. I am not saying don't forgive him... I just don't think we should look past it to make him out to be some sort of magical icon...because in reality...he was just a human, just like you and me.

Romans 1:24-25 - Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanliness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.