As world, national and local TV devolves, I switched to
watching cooking, travel and home improvement shows. (Or, my brother-in-law
urges watching the golf channel.) Heretofore, the home shows or cooking shows
were a respite from 24/7 cable news of the reality of a world going its own
way. But too few cooks are truthful about the caloric cost of their creations. (Or,
how many hours of exercise their tasty treat will cost!) And now, HGTV’s House Hunter’s has been revealed as a
hoax! It seems the productions are
filled with as much hooey as some newscasters I’ve stopped watching. (Info.)
Truth be told, though, I am just as likely to cut
corners -- prevaricate – and obfuscate stuff as all the entertainment and news
producers may do; smoke
and mirrors aren’t limited
to magicians. Writing as a daily routine reveals my penchant to put
myself in the best possible light.
My friend Solomon was quicker at spotting man’s pretenses
than I am – which is why Ecclesiastes is a handy personal compass in these
uncertain times – when so much is not as it seems, and nobody seems embarrassed
or contrite about getting caught behaving badly – myself included.
Recently, I’ve been reading through Psalms – words of
worship written through all kinds of times – Solomon knew these songs. Maybe
their wisdom goaded him to conclude Ecclesiastes as he did: Don’t waste any opportunity to know and grow up in God, before you grow old and
can’t. (Ecclesiastes
12)
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