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Sneak Peeks: Glimpses of upcoming events

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March 17, 2008

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Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Psalms 34:8 (NKJV)

144308_f520Whenever I rent a DVD I have to sit through the upcoming preview section of the disk. Perhaps I am just not technical enough to figure out how to bypass them but in any event I patiently sit through these short snippets of upcoming releases. Many times after seeing these previews I make a note to go see or rent the offering being presented.

Perhaps it is a new action adventure movie or a comedy. Maybe it is the latest sequel to a series. Perhaps it is just a remake of an older story being retold. Whatever the case, these trailers are meant to do one thing and one thing only, make you want to see the film being advertised.

Coming soon to a theater near you, these advertisements can be seen everywhere, most often during a favorite TV program. The advertisers feel that if you are watching the television program then perhaps you would also like the new film coming soon.

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All advertising does is arouse someone’s appetite for more of what they are offering. For example NBC recently aired the remake of the Knight Rider television series from the 80’s, with a newly designed KITT. It had all the makings of a sequel. During the program NBC ran an ad spot offering a chance to win your very own KITT, Knight Rider Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang. Who wouldn’t want to have a KITT to park in their driveway? I mean, what an appealing idea. here is your very own KITT. All you have to do is sign onto a web site, and answer a few questions from the program, for your chance to win one of four Ford cars being offered by the program.

I wanted one! That would be cool! To think I could have one for my very own! Thus the power of advertising worked on

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me. I did not however go to the web site to take a chance on winning the car because chances, and I, just do not seem to live in the same neighborhoods. In any event the result of the advertisement made me want to get one.

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I had anticipated the airing of the new Knight Rider program for weeks because NBC would run their sneak peak trailer during most of their prime time programming. They wanted to make sure that enough people anticipated the airing that they would have a huge audience when the time came for the actual program to be aired. I do not know how many tuned in for that 2 hour premier but I was at least one.

One of the sponsors of the program was the new movie ‘Vantage Point’. A movie starring Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, and William Hurt. An action adventure movie in which the President gets shot. And then the plot twists and turns depending on how you look at things from your vantage point. Anyway I went to see this film.

The point of all this is to say that there is a lot to be said for these sneak peeks. We find them everywhere in our society. Try before you buy, free sample, and the aforementioned movie and television program trailers. This tool has been around for a long time.

Newspapers and magazines have upcoming features in them as well. They are all meant to get you to look forward to an upcoming event or article or series. The previews are written in such a way to make you want to get more information, or buy the item, or attend the event. Sneak peeks therefore are proven to be successful.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants–things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, Revelation 1:1 (NKJV)

The apostle John had a sneak peek of upcoming events after he was exiled to the Isle of Patmos. During this time he was given a vision of heaven and of things to come. God showed John a sneak peek, a preview. During this time John recorded for us, all that he had seen and heard.

Just like any great movie trailer Revelation is full of imagery and drama. An action adventure just waiting for world wide release, coming soon to a town and city near you. Full of action, mystery, horror, excitement, drama, and violence, I would expect the motion picture association to rate the film ‘M’ for mature audiences only. Good versus evil, right triumphs over wrong. God wins, the devil looses. What a great story!
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A Message for Saint Patrick’s Day

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March 17, 2008

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You observe days and months and seasons and years! Gal 4:10 (ESV)

Saint PatrickThis year Saint Patrick’s day falls on the Monday of Holy week, the week leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus. It is ironic, in a sense, that this year the day that was set aside to honor the death of one man, Saint Patrick, sets off a week that ends in the death of one man, Jesus. The week starts on a celebration and ends on one as well. Granted the latter being more significant then the former but none-the-less two celebrations indeed bookend this week.

To the Christians, Resurrection Sunday is the grandest of all celebrations for it was on this day that Jesus arose from the dead, to release all those who where held captive by sin. To a true Irishman, Saint Patrick’s day is a day to celebrate being freed from paganism. The one celebrates a death while the other celebrates a life. Saint Patrick, although credited with Christianizing Ireland over his 30 year ministry, can not compare to Jesus who brought Christianity to the whole world during his 3 and a half year ministry.

Posthumously both received acclaim as being men of God, but only Jesus can rightfully claim the title King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Similarities and contrasts exist for both celebrations. On the one hand we have a nation, Ireland, celebrating the liberation from moral depravity through the influence of the Catholic church and it’s missionary Patrick. On the other hand we see the celebration of life from death, experienced in the life of a born again believer through the influence of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Both were persecuted by those who hated them. For Saint Patrick it was the imprisonment at the hands of Irish Marauders, and later hatred by Celtic Druids, who resented his effective work at converting their followers to Christianity. Jesus too was sought after by the Scribes and Pharisees of his day who plotted to arrest him.
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The Seven Wonders of the World

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March 6, 2008

Junior high school students in Chicago were studying the Seven Wonders of the World. At the end of the lesson, the students were asked to list what they considered to be the Seven Wonders of the World. Though there was some disagreement, the following received the most votes:

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1. Egypt’s Great Pyramids
2. The Taj Mahal in India
3. The Grand Canyon in Arizona
4. The Panama Canal
5. The Empire State Building
6. St. Peter’s Basilica
7. China’s Great Wall

While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one student, a quiet girl, hadn’t turned in her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list. The quiet girl replied, “Yes, a little. I couldn’t quite make up my mind because there were so many.” The teacher said, “Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help.”

The girl hesitated, then read, “I think the Seven Wonders of the World are:

1. to touch…
2. to taste…
3. to see…
4. to hear… (She hesitated a little, and then added…)
5. to feel…
6. to laugh…
7. and to love.

The room was so quiet; you could have heard a pin drop.
May this story serve as a gentle reminder to all of us that the things we overlook as simple and ordinary are often the most wonderful – and we don’t have to travel anywhere special to experience them.
Enjoy your gifts!

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Rescue Me

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March 6, 2008

Insight for your "Journey across the Sky"
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Whoever lives under the shelter of the Most High will remain in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, "{You are} my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust." He is the one who will rescue you from hunters’ traps and from deadly plagues. Psalms 91:1-3 (GW)

Rescue Me logo’FX’ airs a program named ’Rescue Me’, a drama about life in a fictional New York City fire station. Each member has their own demons to deal with and the plot line includes the messed up lives of the players, who themselves, need to be rescued from the fires of temptation. Each actor’s shortcomings are ever present as this televised drama unfolds each week. ’Rescue Me’ cries volumes to the world as a testimony to people who give themselves to helping others, but are then unable to help themselves.

All of us at one time or another need to be rescued from the fires of life. Whether it is the need to be rescued from depression, drug addiction, harmful relationships, emotional distress, physical disease or suffering, poverty, homelessness, brokenness or any number of other things from which we need a helping hand. It is comforting to know that help is only a 911 call away.

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Once the call comes in, the rescue personnel, although burdened by their own problems, rush to the aid of their fellow man. Reaching out a helping hand to others, many times, helps us forget, or perhaps get through, our own shortcomings. It is by doing for others that we are actually doing for ourselves. We can not reach out a helping hand to someone, without giving our own souls a lift as well. However, that feeling of accomplishment is only short lived, and once we are no longer needed to rescue someone else, we fall right back into the pit of hopelessness and despair, because there is no one to rescue us.

In the aftermath of hurricane Katrina many fingers were pointed as to whom should have done what, and why this, that, or the other thing was not done. Warnings were posted, the alarm had been sounded, weather forecasts showed, without question, the upcoming storm. Several days advance notice was given. The storm was coming. Still many refused to leave and would not heed the warnings until it was too late. Reports came in of people refusing to be rescued from their flooded homes by those who were sent to help them. Sad as it may appear, some preferred to stay in the mess they were in, rather than reach out to the helping hand sent to save them from their malaise.

Just like the television program, many people lead lives of quiet desperation, to quote Henry David Thoreau. It is in their own inabilities to deal with life and cope with problems, that they find relief, if ever so slight, in the rescuing of a fellow human being. By performing acts of bravery and rescue, one feels the joy and elation of being godlike to someone else, an angel of sorts, the bridge between life and death, hope or despair, rescue or disaster, all the while crying out on the inside- can’t anyone rescue me? Why is it that I seem to be the only one who cares enough to help someone else?

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