Facing Reality

Discovering A Better Life
P.O Box 1540, Albany Western Australia 6331
Phone/Fax: (08) 98 418 418
E-mail: abl-alb@omninet.net.au

Facing Reality
During the recent war with Iraq we all witnessed some amazing performances on our television screens of an Iraqi public relations man who was obviously blind to reality. This man is already a hit with David Letterman and other television talk-show personalities. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf held the prestigious title of “Minister of Information” for the late regime of Saddam Hussein. People around the world got comic relief during daily news reports about military incursions, firefights, aircraft sorties, prisoner rescue, and the like. He was the man in the beret who stood before banks of microphones to defy reality day after day! As the world watched on split-screen television, he flatly denied that the things we were seeing were happening! As Australian, American and British forces rushed toward Baghdad, Sahaf assured the world that there were no coalition forces inside the borders of Iraq. And when troops were securing the main airport of Baghdad, he explained - with grand sweeping hand gestures - how the courageous Republican Guard had surrounded, killed, and swept the invaders from the airport area. As soldiers encircled the city, Sahaf declared, “The infidels are committing suicide by the hundreds on the gates of Baghdad.” And with American tanks only a few hundred metres from his perch at a hotel in Baghdad, he confidently boasted that the “ignorant imperialists, losers, and fools” were being beaten back and destroyed in every engagement with Iraqi fighters. I watched his performances - alternately perplexed and amused. Then I realized that he looked familiar. I’ve met him before! The truth is, there are a lot of people in my world who refuse to see the reality everyone else around them knows. An alcoholic thinks nobody knows he’s drowning in the bottle. Parents pretend their rebellious children are only “trying their wings.” A man and woman whose marriage died years ago keep going through the motions. A bankrupt business prints a new letterhead. A dead church holds Sunday services. It’s called denial. It is a person’s absolute refusal to face reality. To deal with the truth. It is the absurd creation of a counterfeit and illusory world in an effort to avoid facing some unpleasant truth. And it doesn’t change reality! Friend, let me encourage you to take a searching spiritual inventory of your life today. How honest are you about your relationship with God? Your family? Your own heart? The first step toward God is integrity. And the cruellest lies are the ones we tell ourselves in order to conceal the truth of how desperately we need Him. However, if you are one of those people who genuinely desire to make contact with god, I think I can help. I certainly want to. Therefore, I invite you to write to me for a FREE copy of a small booklet titled, How to find God. To receive your copy, Email me or write to me at P.O Box 1540, Albany W.A 6331. Telephone / Fax (08) 98 418 418 Have a Great Day!

Facing Reality

During the recent war with Iraq we all witnessed some amazing performances on our television screens of an Iraqi public relations man who was obviously blind to reality. This man is already a hit with David Letterman and other television talk-show personalities. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf held the prestigious title of “Minister of Information” for the late regime of Saddam Hussein.

People around the world got comic relief during daily news reports about military incursions, firefights, aircraft sorties, prisoner rescue, and the like. He was the man in the beret who stood before banks of microphones to defy reality day after day! As the world watched on split-screen television, he flatly denied that the things we were seeing were happening!

As Australian, American and British forces rushed toward Baghdad, Sahaf assured the world that there were no coalition forces inside the borders of Iraq. And when troops were securing the main airport of Baghdad, he explained - with grand sweeping hand gestures - how the courageous Republican Guard had surrounded, killed, and swept the invaders from the airport area.

As soldiers encircled the city, Sahaf declared, “The infidels are committing suicide by the hundreds on the gates of Baghdad.” And with American tanks only a few hundred metres from his perch at a hotel in Baghdad, he confidently boasted that the “ignorant imperialists, losers, and fools” were being beaten back and destroyed in every engagement with Iraqi fighters.

I watched his performances - alternately perplexed and amused. Then I realized that he looked familiar. I’ve met him before!

The truth is, there are a lot of people in my world who refuse to see the reality everyone else around them knows. An alcoholic thinks nobody knows he’s drowning in the bottle. Parents pretend their rebellious children are only “trying their wings.” A man and woman whose marriage died years ago keep going through the motions. A bankrupt business prints a new letterhead. A dead church holds Sunday services.

It’s called denial. It is a person’s absolute refusal to face reality. To deal with the truth. It is the absurd creation of a counterfeit and illusory world in an effort to avoid facing some unpleasant truth. And it doesn’t change reality!

Friend, let me encourage you to take a searching spiritual inventory of your life today. How honest are you about your relationship with God? Your family? Your own heart?

The first step toward God is integrity. And the cruellest lies are the ones we tell ourselves in order to conceal the truth of how desperately we need Him.

However, if you are one of those people who genuinely desire to make contact with god, I think I can help. I certainly want to. Therefore, I invite you to write to me for a FREE copy of a small booklet titled, How to find God. To receive your copy,

Email me
or write to me at
P.O Box 1540,
Albany W.A 6331.

Telephone / Fax (08) 98 418 418

Have a Great Day!