Beware of Your Sources. ( Day 11 of 40 )

 

-  Jerusalem Wailing Wall photo by Jim Blechl  -

 

Three Questions:

1. Where do you turn for guidance?  
   CNN? MSNBC? FOX? DRUDGE? NY TIMES? THE BLAZE? PBS? NPR? GOOGLE NEWS? ABC? NBC? CBS? WIKILEAKS? THE WALL STREET JOURNAL? THE BBC? THE YEARBOOK?
   
   
2. When you listen as folks talk about what's going on in the world, who gets your attention? 
   Limbaugh? O' Reilly? Mahar? Cobert? Matthews? Beck? Zakaria? Cooper? Stewart? Kelly? Your Mother? Your mackadocious date?
   
   
3. What's your usual source for news? 
   Internet? Television? Radio? Print Media? That Kid in History Class?
   
   

I ask these questions because we form our opinions, weigh our options and make life-changing decisions based on what we believe to be true. Our consistent actions are almost always the consequence of our core beliefs, so, curiously, the truth sometimes effects our decisions less than what we believe to be true.

Folks convinced fallacious information is reliable information are perfectly capable of blowing up their lives. Those who believe "up" is "down" make horrible decisions. People convinced "wrong" is "right," or "bad" is "good," will likely destroy the future they imagine they're building.

Truth matters.

Where do you seek wisdom?

Where do you get your advice?

 

Proverbs 11:14  -  Where there is no guidance, a nation falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.