REAL VS. FAKE

     I finally have a few minutes to write my first blog of 2020. Wow! This flu bug really wiped me out but I'm happy to be doing what I love...writing,

     What is real? What is fake? Great question! I remember my Mom used to have a bowl of fake fruit on our kitchen table when we first moved to Long Island. It was all plastic and from a distance it looked real. Being a creative kid, I would use the fake bananas like it was a telephone. I would squeeze the fake grapes and put a dent in the apple and pears. While that bowl of plastic fruit was on our kitchen table, not once did my Mom ever offer a fake piece of fruit to a guest. She was and still is a great hostess. The fruit on the table in a bowl was a decoration. It's fake!

     In the late 1980's. There was a very popular Pop music group called Milli Vanilli. They sang a few popular songs entitled "Girl, you know it's true" and "Blame it on the Rain." They actually won a Grammy Award for Best new Artist. I'm not sure how much longer after their award the controversy started, but it was discovered that the two members of the group were not the actual singers on their album. They were lip syncing! They were actually chosen to be on the alum cover because they were good looking guys. In reality, they were not very good singers. THEY WERE FAKE! 

     Since New Years Day,I have been in prayer asking God one thing. "Lord, please let me be real in my walk with you. I don't want to be a fake Christian. I want to be genuine and real every single day. I don't want to be a Christian only on Sunday when I go to church. I want to be real in my walk with you on Monday through Saturday as well. Let's make that our goal for 2020!

SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK!