Everyone has had a line stuck in their head. Like the repeating line (hum with me), “Jingle Bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh, what fun...” This week, a line from a recently gifted book has been just that to me. I just can’t shake it. Over and over, it’s tossed in my mind. Speaking of counterfeit gods and the attention that we give/they demand, Timothy Keller writes, “In ancient times, the deities were bloodthirsty and hard to appease. They still are.” (from Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters). They are bloodthirsty. The attention you give the addiction, the pursuit of power, money, technology is bloodthirsty and hard to appease. They will take everything from you, even your life. To be confronted by this, let’s go and join Jacob at his altar.
