My heart is so heavy for Michael Jackson, not as much for his death, as for his life. Michael had the adoration of millions, he had wealth, he had fame, he seemingly had everything, except peace. Luke 9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Michael Jackson was a broken person, much as we all are without the hand of God in our lives. People worshiped Michael as a God, but he was not God, but a mere mortal man. The pressures Michael Jackson lived under, from the time he was five years old, were unbelievable.
Michael had the pressure to perform, pressure to be the best, and the pressure to keep the love and respect of his fans. No one can live up to these pressures, without one day falling from the heavens like Icarus, of Greek mythology, who dared to fly too close to the sun.
Michael was his family's bread winner. Without him there was no Jackson Five. Michael lacked any true childhood and was taught the only way to get approval, was to be what others wanted him to be. Abused, maybe s*xual as well as physical, at the hands of a cruel father and the fact of his mother's inability to protect him, changed Michael Jackson forever. In all his fame... [more]
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Posted By: Pamela Lipscomb
Monday, July 27th 2009 at 1:06AM
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