I want to believe that too, that His forgiveness is such that He will embrace all who want His forgiveness, whether that be now while one is on earth, or after one dies and realizes the truth and the horror of their mistakes. But I can’t determine how true that is because only God knows and only God knows the condition a soul is in (full knowledge, personal will, etc.), so I have decided to not dwell on that and leave it to God, His wisdom, His forgiveness and His love. We can never have full comprehension of God’s will and righteousness, only God knows, therefore I cannot be foolish with my time by trying to figure out who will be damned and who will not.

Years ago I started getting a twinge that something just wasn’t right with the information that Oprah was projecting onto her viewers. Marianne Williamson and Gary Zukav were two that I remember that first started ringing warning bells for me, but I tried to be open to what Oprah was presenting while at the same time trying to stay true to God and be mindful of what Jesus warned us against.

Fast forward to a year or so ago when she had “The Secret” crew on stage, and I really wanted to embrace what they “preached”. What they had to say, what the book and DVD had to say, appealed to me, although again I had alarm bells jingling inside. I really, really wanted to believe that all that was wrong in my life was due to me and my behavior and my beliefs. I was this close to diving in head first, but I had a twinge. So I prayed openly and honestly to God, I told Him I wanted to accept this new way of thinking, that the power to change my life and achieve the things I wanted to achieve was in me, but more than that I really wanted to know the truth, I wanted to be with Him and on the path of His will.

Within two days of thoughtful prayer, I knew without a doubt that all those teachings from the new age guests that Oprah has presented are all about *my will*, *my desire*, *my power*, *my self healing*, *my control of my reality* which tanslates to *I am god*…it’s all about believing and willing ourselves to be gods rather than submitting ourselves to the one true God and His will, our creator and our Saviour. Which then evolves to we don’t need Jesus to save us from our sins, because we have the power to do that for ourselves. And then…we don’t need saving from anything…because we are who we are and all is good and all is love.

The world today so wants to embrace relativism rather than God’s will for us. The world wants to believe that God’s law is outdated, or mythology, or man made, or is a punishing law, that the rules are there to suffocate us and reject us or each other and have us deprived, rather than believe or accept that God’s will for us is that we allow ourselves to be protected from harm, that His rules are protection and not punishment. That His rules are not mean-spirited, they are out of love for us.

I’m concerned for Oprah because I do believe she has great love that she wants to share and do what she can to help emotional and spiritual wounds be healed. All we can do is offer her to God. He knows her heart, He knows her intimately, better than any person. He is a kind and patient God, we need to pray for her that He blesses her with wisdom and with strength. I think if she had full realization, she will have the strength to overcome this. That would be a truly wonderous thing, to have a powerful woman like Oprah stand before millions and acknowledge her mistake.

The Bible tells us the devil can appear as an angel of light (which means he can fool us into thinking that he is not evil, that he is full of love and goodness and a soldier of God), that we are to be watchful at all times and not be fooled by anyone who says anything contrary to His word–because that is the real test–that nothing be contrary to what He has given us in his word. I believe Oprah’s forgotten that because she has presented and argued for many ideas that are contrary to God’s word.

I pray that Oprah be given the desire to know God and the strength to accept that all power lies with God, that all good things she’s been blessed with have come from His holy will and His power, and not her own power. She may have cooperated with His will, but all glory and honor is His, not hers. And I pray that He will bless her with knowledge and wisdom and strength. She is a beloved child of God, she needs our prayers.

It seems experiments with eastern mysticism make you feel better, but at the expense of blinding you to God’s truth. You can also become insane and violent, as the purest form of yoga does when demons enter people. John Lennon of the Beatles almost went insane due to his transcendental meditation and drug abuse.

I’ve never seen Oprah on TV, but her growing influence gives me yet another reason to be alarmed about the present age. We desperately need people of influence who will change the tide away from postmodern thinking! And we need to pray for her to understand that God’s jealousy does not mean He is a petty control-freak!