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Pilar is said to be distraught over the demise of her 13-year marriage.
Deion Sanders and his second wife Pilar appeared on Christian television as the picture of Black beauty, prosperity, and marital bliss. Hmmm. Enter Tracey Edmonds stage left and he and his gorgeous wife are exiting stage right . . . to divorce court.
“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth” (3 John 1:2).
Prosperity is defined as the state of being successful and flourishing. Most associate prosperity with material wellness only.
But, however you define it, we all want it.
Dr. Creflo Dollar is shepherd of World Changers Church International. He teaches his flock that prosperity for the Christian is not just about accumulating money. While the Bible clearly states that the love of money is the root of all evil (I Timothy 6:10) and not money itself, Dr. Dollar believes that prosperity is about possessing a sense of wellness in all areas of a person’s life: mind, body, soul, and spirit. And that includes financial wellness.
“Nothing missing. Nothing wanted,” says Creflo Dollar.
So why then do some of us (Christians, too!) seem so bothered by the prosperity of a Man of God?
Sunday, on "Watch What Happens Live" with gorgeous host Andy Cohen, funny lady Sherri Shepherd admitted, "I've been to jail. For traffic tickets. I was a Jehovah's Witness. I thought Armageddon was coming."
There is nothing more annoying than the renegade relative who shows up for a gathering unexpectedly (or early) and the rest of the family holds its breath waiting to be overcome by warm but incessant waves of shame. The worst part about this relative is that in their blind ignorance, they reckon they are perfect exactly the way they are, frontal gold tooth and all. For the Christian, the third cousin who makes us cringe is the Jehovah’s Witness.
Jehovah’s Witnesses are strange. There is no other group resembling the Christian that is stranger. They make the Amish seem normal.
Someone's knockin' at the door, somebody's ringin' the bell, do me a favor, NEVER open the door and let 'em in...
There are many of us who don’t have an opinion until someone else provides one for us. We don’t stand for anything unless Angelina Jolie does. We have an interest in the Illuminati because we believe that Jay-Z and his crew does. We will only wear bangs if Jennifer Aniston does. If we are people of the Middle East, we believe the President of the United States is a great liberator. If we follow Matt Damon, though Osama Bin Laden is no more, we may agree that our President is without “stones.” If we follow Bill Maher, we may look and find that the President is a “big pu$$y” [cat]. Beyond Twitter, mindless following is a shameful way to live.
I believe that it was the fabulously funny Nora Ephron who said, “I feel bad about my neck.” It was an aging thing. I’m confident that the sales from her book have her and her neck feeling much better. I, on the contrary, am not doing so well. I’m starting to feel bad about other people’s necks. Their backs. Even their feet.
