How CRAY-CRAY!! Right?!!

and how can i not post about it...

Whitney Houston's been a huge "American Idol" since the 80's when I grew up and I still can't believe she was pronounced dead at 3:55pm yesterday...

I'm sure lots of people hit rewind through their day to remember where they were at and what they were doing at about 3:55pm yesterday...i was at home, eating, watching "addicted to love" because it was all that was good on the telly...

it's like when princess diana died...or when i found out about heath ledger...heath was the only one i cried over...

how could i grieve over people i've never met?? i mean, it doesn't make sense, right?

well, even though i was never a part of their lives, i let them into my life...growing up into adulthood...their songs/careers created the soundtracks to so many moments of my life...

like right now, i can tell you that whitney houston's "i wanna dance with somebody" is a song that reminds me of my best roommate ever, brandy wahlman. she created this mix that we'd listen to almost every time we were in her car which included that whitney houston song along with eye of the tiger.. great memories...

what tears me up about this is that the enemy goes around like a fangless lion still devouring lives...when i heard of whitney's death, the thought "another one bites the dust..." came to mind...did she give her life to Jesus at the last minute like we all hope....i don't know. you don't know. ok. so none of us know. God does.

and as sad as all this news is, makes me think, ok. God wants our focus to be on Him. the stuff that concerns Him needs to concern us. people die every day. rockstars and non-rockstars...

we all need Jesus. i'm not trying to make this some super Christian blog but JEsus is JEsus. I'm not gonna abbreviate His name to make Him sound cool or more appealing or less offensive.

point blank, eternity is the focus here. death sucks. but i appreciate the reminder that it is.

am i living for what matters most? am i keeping the main thing, the main thing?

Jesus. His grace. His forgiveness. His life. His Spirit. His power. His is ours. He's what we're all searching for, longing for...it's Him.