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Look---Deep Within

 

     Subtle “wisdom” often presents its value in masquerades of light-hearted teasing comedy harbinger of most serious meaningful virtue; the exercise occurs in myriad fashion. Observe.

     “Hole-y”wood even occasionally offers tidbits of profound understanding which a “celebrity"-loving culture might glean a bit of worthwhile knowledge from---if…the fickle clientele was smart enough to “see” beyond the image on a screen and from humble education mode.

     “Keep your friends close but your enemies closer,” Michael Carleone of Godfather fame.

     “I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a free frontal lobotomy” A Tom Waits quote used in several movie presentations.

     “If he was unarmed, he should have armed himself.” Clint Eastwood, a comedic conclusion delivered in the presentation of  Unforgiven.

     Clint also hit a home run with a solemn line to the innkeeper’s wife in High Plains Drifter when she naively concluded, “Men like you are dangerous; you make people afraid.”

     Without missing a beat in his practiced perfect-timing, Ole Clint mumbled, “What makes people afraid is what they know about themselves down deep inside.” Precisely!

     If evil demons are running rampant within a troubled soul, cast them out with saving “Grace”.

     Easily said? Yes! And, just as simply accomplished through self-examination, honesty, action.

     Fault does not reside at the doorstep of another, the transgression sin emanates from that self-reflection in the mirror of life; the one bare of make-up, faux excuses; plain, glaring reality- Truth! Such conclusive assessment requires strong, practiced Faith! Redemption is offered, perpetually and eternally; simply humble thyself on bended knee in contrite search for Salvation!

     Those demons we lament on Sunday morn are self-created, invited and befriended within.

     Begin with a resolution of Christian “Independent Individualism”. (How dangerous!?)

     Do it now, before it’s too late.

Amen!