Sometimes even well-intentioned people miss the mark. Or, is it that the staggeringly rich just don’t get it? Recently I watched as Oprah talked from the heart about her recurring battle with weight. I listened as she acknowledged more than once during the show that she found it difficult to believe she was still having conversations about this issue. I watched as the “diet guru” she was chatting with talked about the reasons people relapse; and, how many times they use food as a drug. As I listened to the conversation, Oprah began to remind me of the unnamed woman at the well in John 4:16 when Jesus told her to go and get her husband for which she replied,  “She had none.” And I thought about rare times in my own life when I “seemingly” had it all and would find myself feeling this huge void and ultimately coming to the reality that the void was a chasm that could not be filled with things, nor people; but solely with One far bigger than any thing He created. Ultimately I came to an acceptance that there is a Divine Order to every single step along life’s path and functioning outside of that realm forces the chasm to grow magnanimously over time. I came to the realization of how the longer one avoids the Divine Order set forth in the Word Christians know as the Bible, the bigger and darker the abyss gets. I’ve observed through the years how people try to fill this emptiness with things, both legal and illicit. I’ve watched people use a cheap expenditure of abusing alcohol or the lavish purchase of what in essence was lame extravagance, all in a vain attempt to fill the hole. As the conversation continued I began to sense how removed she seemed to be from real-world America. She sat and talked about panels of doctors who came to the conclusion about what she personally and specifically needed to do to be her best. I watched as she reveled her audience to take charge of their lives and their health. And that’s when it hit like a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning of a tied-game. For the first time I realized Oprah didn’t really get it. I watched as the people in her audience seemed to sense the same thing. At last count 47-MILLION people are without health insurance. Every day thousands seem to be getting laid off and many more working less than full-time hours; thus not qualifying for health insurance. And I thought back to the “guru” recanting a conversation they’d had where he’d alluded that her inner light had grown dim and she might be experiencing mild depression. And I said in my mind what “friends” who love her, or her money, have failed to tell her.  She’s simply out of Order. When one is wealthy it becomes difficult to know who’s genuine and who’s not. And I listened and began thinking about Genesis 2:24 and how God clearly stated that a man and woman “who know each other” should be married. And I thought back again to the woman at the well and how Jesus called her out and told her she had spoken the truth and the man she was currently involved with was not her husband. Jesus told her of Living Water that would quench her thirst far greater than the purest water on Earth. Oprah has had a long-time love for an equally very long time. I watched as I thought of other celebrities who had adopted this “never marry” principle and I could only shake my head in wonder, “Why not?”  Money, infidelity, and domestic violence are usually at the root of most failed marriages. After decades of being together I’d have to believe it wasn’t the last two; and with attorneys designing pre-nuptials to protect the wealthy I shrugged my shoulders at what it could be that would keep someone from obeying Divine Order. I thought about Jonah who didn’t do what God ordered and found himself figuring things out in the “dark” belly of a whale. I thought about the times in my own life when I rebelled against what I knew implicitly I was supposed to do, or not do. I thought about the cost. I thought about the dark hole that a new car, new clothes, new people, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera couldn’t fill. And I thought about Oprah. And I thought about how in her wealth she could have (and probably does have) a gym near her dressing room at work and at her home.   And I, a total stranger, somehow knew that as she admitted, it wasn’t about the food. And it wasn’t about not taking care of herself because I’ve never seen her on air with chipped nail polish or unkempt hair. And I knew. Right or, as she’d probably tell me, wrong, I knew. Until Oprah gets in line with the only true Creator, Christians know as Father God, this internal battle with self will continue. It may change “faces.” But life has taught me, and continues to teach me, wrong can never be right. A hole, turned crater, always exists when wrong actions are embraced as truth. It’s as if God stands outside of ourselves as long as we stand outside of His will; which is His best for our lives. Oprah’s like the sister you’d love to talk to; no glossing over obvious sin. She'd be the sister who'd say “Mind your own!” all the while knowing you’re right. I could say I empathize with Oprah about her food issues; except I really can’t. From where I stand she’s rich and could hire a crew to stand guard by her fridge and her side 24/7. Maybe it’s just me; but she’s having a conversation that most of the world’s populations really don’t understand. Yes, people lose and regain weight every day; but, they don’t have the privilege of belaboring it in front of the whole world. It’s hard to feel sad for someone who could buy the whole grocery store and leave any unhealthy things for charity. But perhaps that’s what makes this entire discussion the saddest. Even those who have it all, when it's all said and done; don't. And where food is concerned, its abuse is often more about what's eating us than what we're eating.