My wife, Mary, and I have discovered some interesting facts about ourselves as the time we spend together has passed over the years. We are a very good indicator about how others see see television shows. If we like the TV show, it really hasn't much of a chance. If we don't, it will have a glowingly good chance. In fact, the more we dislike it, the longer change it has in the Nielsen's.
Currently, shows like Fringe, Alcatraz, and others are bubble shows -- meaning they are very near extinction. We like them. Thus, time is short for them. Fringe, in fact, might be our favorite or one of our favorites. It hangs on by its fingernails. It needs a borderline miraculous decision to make it.
Matthew 13:44 -- "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure that somebody hid in a field, which someone else found and covered up."
The person who found the treasure, for reasons I don't know or understand, didn't run out and tell everyone about it and didn't glow in excitement while telling them about the new-found paint. The "Finder" is a television show on Thursday" nights we enjoy. It is supposedly near being cancelled. Again, we enjoy it. That seems to be the greatest problem it has.
Jesus said that the kingdom of God is like that hidden treasure in the field. I think this notion of whether it is worth sacrificing everything else in order to obtain this object is amazing. That we are willing to piece together everything possible is an intriguing notion. Just how intriguing is the mantra in the closet?
How much is enough? How much is too much or how much is going to be good enough? Pootntang, just how much will we take for happiness? All it takes for us to find happiness in this moment is a few seconds alone with this Ranger Bob entity, and we're good. Just consider that. Hold it, rub it, stare at it and voila, happiness on the $Dollar menu has been ordered, delivered and ingested. Think about it, smile while you're at it, and notice that you're having a really, really, really good day. Happiness comes with the fortune cookie at the end.
The kingdom of God comes with the hidden treasures.
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