The World is Searching for Something

Yesterday, another Hollywood actress lost her life.  Brittany Murphy died at the young age of 32.  There are reports coming out that she may have dabbled too heavily with illicit drugs and also possibly suffered with body image issues.  She was, from many’s perspective, dangerously thin.  These kinds of demons, if the rumors are true, seem to plague many people these days, especially those in front of the cameras.

This news, however, has not seriously derailed the public’s obssession with Tiger Woods, and his growing list of alleged mistresses.  His wife and 2 young children will forever be affected by this athelete’s actions and poor moral choices.  Was the money, adoration, and seemingly ideal family not enough?

All of this makes me wonder. . .what is the world searching for, that they keep turning to drugs, destructive fame, fortune, and promiscuous sex, to find? 

It was St. Augustine who wrote the words, profoundly true for our time and all time, “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.”

I can’t know the exact circumstances of these two recent tragedies in the news, but I suspect that our culture, as a whole, is restless. . .and will continue to be until we all find rest in the Lord who created us for a relationship with Him.