Inspirational
Can’t Buy Me Peace
Millions of fans wailed and sobbed when Michael Jackson, Pop/Rockstar, died at age 50.
TV networks, newspapers, radio, the Net —every medium known to man— went on a frenzy outdoing each other with the most detailed and graphic update.
Almost three years later, his personal physician was found guilty for injecting Michael with surgical anesthetic powerful enough to put him to sleep. That, plus the other drugs in the singer’s system, caused his death. In his defense, the physician told the court that the singer begged him, “Just make me sleep; it doesn’t matter what happens.”
Regularly over the years, according to news items, Michael took sedatives and other drugs to make him sleep. In his interview with Oprah, he said he had a very lonely childhood; he couldn’t play outside with other kids because he was stuck inside either rehearsing, recording or performing.
Tons of articles have been written about how he spent a remarkable amount of time avoiding people, wearing disguises, breaking off relationships, and changing telephone numbers; people still pursued him. He tried being different by altering his looks, but he couldn’t change the person that he was.
Talent, fame, power, and money came into one man. But when things went wrong or in his moments of emptiness, not one—nor all—could buy him peace.
Those of us who believe in the God of grace and peace, know that peace can only come, for free, to anyone who accepts Him as his Savior in his heart.
“I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” John 14:27 (NLT)
(This is an excerpt from my book, Circle of Compassion, published by OMF Literature in 2013.)
