Joel Osteen

Tonight Tonya took myself and several of her friends to see Joel Osteen (the smiling preacher). He was speaking at the Jobing.com arena in Glendale. I enjoy his Sunday morning sermons. He is always very positive and definitely preaches the law of attraction. Yes, I did rededicate my life to Christ. Actually, I had already made this decision privately. This was my public acknowledgement.

While I have always tried to live my life the way I thought God would want, I have always had a problem with "blind trust". Don't suppose that has anything to do with my childhood. I suppose a five year old child who thinks "anyone who is nice to you wants something, so stay away, don't trust them" might have some trust issues. It's the whole putting your faith in God to take care of things. If you felt like you grew up, only able to depend on yourself, it's hard to let go and expect someone else to take care of you. In AA and Alanon they say "let go and let God".

Thank goodness I was adopted by a family who taught me about God and what was wrong and right. We might have been torn between the Southern Baptist and the Catholic Church but obviously we got quite the religious coverage.

I use to say I thought I would go to heaven. I can tell you now that I am going to heaven. This is something I have no doubt about and because of this, I have no fear of dying. I am looking forward to my reward in heaven.

Thank you to the Osteen family for their faith and for sharing and spreading it with others.

I will confess that after the program was over I did say a small prayer to God to protect them and not let the "woes" of so many public figures befall them. No, I was not being negative. I was just trying to cover all the bases. Turns out Tonya and I were thinking the same thing.