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I often catch myself watching the lives of celebrities. The latest celebrity life I have been looking at is life of Tiger Woods. He just recently got in a car accident. Now there are all kinds of wonderment of what Tiger Woods was doing at 2:30 am. On Sunday, he put it out a statement saying it was a private matter and he was embarrassed of the situation. Now is it the end for him and his family? Most likely not, he will go through more and more question until he answers the question or or sadly enough another celebrity does something stupid and media will focus their attention on them. Now I say this because growing up I idolize people that were famous movie stars, sports athletes, or music artists. Now I wonder to myself, why I did do this?

I came up with a few reasons. One of the reasons is that I thought they were cool or I aspired to become them. For example, I played because as a kid and one my favorite athletes were Jason Kidd. I tried my best to play like Jason Kidd. He was such a good passer. He had great vision of the court and overall a really good player.

Sometimes I want to be these people because they were cool and I thought it could help me get the ladies. I went through a brief phase of where I was in a boy band that lipped sync. It was a dark time and it is tough to admit this to world but I feel better about it now. When I was fifteen I went to a place called Spirit West Coast, it’s kind of like a Christian Woodstock. Anyways there was a boy band performing name Plus One. I saw them and I said to my four buddies we are going to do this and become famous and be on that stage five years from now. Needless to say that didn’t happen however we did perform twice. The first time was at a high school group lock in. At that lock in some girl was pretty impressed by me and my sweet moves. We pretty much spent the whole night being high school students you know flirting, cuddling, and holding hands. It was pretty awesome, did I mention she was in tenth grade when I was freshman. WHAT UP! High-Five! Anyways the second time was Winter Camp Talent Show, I think was a senior, anyways it was pretty awesome and everyone loved it and I think we won.

We do things but why? Sometime we just like to perform. Other times it’s because we want to be known. We want to have significance; we want others to know who we are. We hate being left out and not included. And we grow up through life we begin to see our friends get in relationships. Then we begin to feel sometime lonely because all our friends have somebody and we don’t. Then you think by getting someone is going to solve this case. Now it will in one sense but however in reality you are known and loved already.

You are known by the God of this universe. The creator of the world knows you and loves you. Sit with that fact for a little bit…. I don’t think I can fully grasp this thought. Check out these scriptures.

God is speaking to his Prophet Jeremiah 1:5:

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the Nations.”

Contextually he speaking the prophet, however this concept of knowing us still apply to us.

David talks about in the Psalms as well: Psalm 139:13-16:

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”

It amazes me, he not only knows us; He loves us. We were created by him and then we screwed it up in the garden. Then life was left to a law to follow, until God sent his Son to die for our sins. He did knowing that some people would reject him. He did this even when we were against him. Sin repels God, yet he still decided to save us. Romans 5:7-9

“Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. ⁸But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!”

Now I understand life is tough. I haven’t lived through a whole of hard times; I do know what its like to not have a job, to break up with someone, and to not know my future. It can cause great stress in life and worry. I recently minded of these verses and I am trying to remember this very fact. Though I go through these hard times and sometimes I feel lonely God is still right there and he knows me and loves me. We all have this desire and God can fulfill this desire. It’s not an easy idea to work through but once you work through and remind yourself of it constantly your day will be filled with joy. I am going to do best to live this life. I encourage you to do the same.

This is Justin Fitch from Justin Fitch and the High-Fives.

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