The day after my birthday, the world lost one of the greatest voices to reign in the pop arena. The details of her death are still sketchy and I just hope that there was no foul play. It brings to light the subject of dysfunction and the knowledge that money and fame only deal with the outside of a person. It does not do deal with the inside of a person. When I was younger, I did not understand self destructive behavior. It took me a minute to realize that failure is not a goal, it is simply and outcome. People don’t sit down and decide to become drug addicts and alcoholics. They participate in the activity for another purpose and addiction is the by product. Alcohol and drugs are basically pain killers. They momentarily make you feel good about your life. They calm the anxiety and ease the inhibitions. You talk better when you are high, you feel good about your life when you are high, and you don’t have to face reality when you are high. That is the attraction of addiction. It makes you feel better and people like feeling better at any cost. Now this is where I introduce Jesus, because Jesus truly takes away the pain. He deals with the pain from the point of where the pain started. When he is done, the by product of his love, is that you can talk about the pain, you can teach about the pain, but you are no longer in pain. You can sit and spill your guts in your ministry groups and at some point, bust out laughing. Yes, I have laughed at what I used to cry at. I don’t cry anymore, because there is no more pain.
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