Denial

I watched the news last night. There were two interviews that caught my attention. One was Charlie Sheen. The other was Muammar Gaddafi. I'm struck by the differences, yet the striking similarities. Talk about two men in total denial about what is really happening around them.

Charlie Sheen was one of those interviews that I just couldn't stop watching. It was like a car wreck. You know you should look away but, you just can't help it. I hurt for him. With Gaddafi, you kind of expect some self-deception. He's a dictator after all. It's part of the job description. How could you not be responsible for killing so many people over the last 40 years and not live in denial? And, I guess, when you think about it, Charlie Sheen did grow up in Hollywood, the land of make-believe. It makes sense that he would lose touch with reality, or perhaps he never knew it.

Proverbs 16:18 says "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall." Both men think they are in indestructible while walking, no, running down the path directly toward their own demise, taking many people with them.