hmmm…..
Yesterday was Oprah’s last show. Her finale followed two days of partying with phenomenal celebrities from all areas of the arts. The final show was different, though. In a complete break from her usual interview style, Oprah stood center stage and shared her thoughts about her 25 year career as the host of the Oprah Winfrey Show. It was like Joyce Myers, Beth Moore and Joel Osteen all rolled into one. Oh wait, those are religious leaders! Was Oprah preaching yesterday? Well, maybe to the choir, but we didn’t care.
She definitely used the “God” word. She said that a great team and Jesus were the two reasons for her success. She gave God all the glory at the end of the show. Two pretty “preacher-ly” notions if you ask me. But most of the show was more of a spiritual nature than a religious one. There were many concepts that she covered and one that struck me as profound was the idea of our being “worthy” which she said is different than being “deserving”. They are very close in definition but worthy means valuable or precious; deserving means admirable or commendable. Deserve has to do with earning something and worthy just is.
I guess that’s about grace. We are all worthy in God’s eyes. No matter what we do or have done, no matter where we go from here, we are worthy of God’s love. Oprah may be gone. Someday she may even be forgotten. But God’s love and acceptance will never die.
hmmm…..
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