The “Secret”

Oprah fans, brace yourselves. The Queen of Pop Culture has endorsed the worst clinker since A Million Little Pieces. The new one is called “The Secret.” Its a book, its a movie, its a way of living.

Some of you will get excited because it promises riches, happiness, popularity, success, and a couple dozen other things that generally call forth an image of a genie. (They even have a picture of a genie on their website and in the movie…)

genie

The problem? This method calls upon you to focus on the object of your own desires. Its about what you want. Its about how much you want it.

Right in the middle of Lent, too.

Read back a couple of posts. Life is not, and never has been about what I want. It isn’t about what you want. It is about God and what God wants for us. Read through your Bible and find those places where happiness is promised.  You’ll find that where happiness is mentioned, it has to do with God’s will and our obedience to it.

I’ll let you in on a little secret of my own. The Secret is a doorway to self-centeredness and unhappiness. Don’t feel like that’s a secret you need to keep though. The more people you invite to share in God’s will, the more happy people you will know.