{"id":344,"date":"2011-11-01T13:23:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T13:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=344"},"modified":"2011-11-04T16:47:57","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T16:47:57","slug":"blowing-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2011\/11\/blowing-smoke.html","title":{"rendered":"Blowing Smoke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/files\/2011\/11\/blowingsmoke.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-345\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/11\/blowingsmoke-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>If you\u2019re over forty-ish, you probably weren\u2019t that shocked to see the latest video to go viral. We remember the time when we would turn on our T.V.\u2019s\u00a0 and see celebrities, newscasters and even political figures, blowing smoke.<\/p>\n<p>Egads! I just \u201couted\u201d myself. Yes, I&#8217;m in the fifty-ish range, and it was intriguing to see Mark Block, Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain\u2019s chief of staff, smoke a cigarette in his ad campaign. Equally captivating- the mustache(s).<\/p>\n<p>Allow me to clarify \u2013 smoking is bad and I\u2019m not a smoker. It\u2019s bad for your health, your complexion, your breath and a host of other negatives.<br \/>\nBut seeing smoke rising from Herman Cain\u2019s camp is\u2026 fascinating.<\/p>\n<p>God gives us our body to take care of. The Creator is boss in the soul department, but \u201cBodies R us.\u201d It\u2019s up to you and me to take good care of our physical and mental health. That\u2019s why when Cain aired the smoking ad, some of us older folk liked it. We saw a spark of defiance, an anti-establishment attitude, from a mustachioed mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, smokers and non-smokers alike recognize the evil that is smoking. And we celebrate the good that is freedom to be politically incorrect, and honest about our bad habits.<\/p>\n<p>Go on\u2014 let me know how you feel about a pol using a bad habit to make a point. The cocky side of me, my bad habit of being a \u201cknow-it-all,\u201d challenges you to let me have it! Leave a comment below.<\/p>\n<p><em>Susan Diamond, <a title=\"Prayables.com\" href=\"http:\/\/prayables.com\" target=\"_blank\">Prayables<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf God is for us, who is against us?&#8221;\u00a0 Romans 8:31<\/em><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Now is the time for action!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qhm-22Q0PuM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>READ MORE and Enjoy these features from the Daily Prayable! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Blowing Smoke\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2011\/11\/blowing-smoke.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Story<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Romans 8:31\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2011\/11\/romans-831.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Scripture<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Giving Up the Smokes\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2011\/11\/giving-up-the-smokes.html\">Daily Prayer<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Yolanda Adams - Never Give Up\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2011\/11\/never-give-up-yolanda-adams.html\">Daily Video<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"How To Know You\u2019re Ready For Parenthood\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2011\/11\/how-to-know-youre-ready-for-parenthood.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Chuckle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"When Prayer is Sinful\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2011\/11\/when-prayer-is-sinful.html\">Daily Quote<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/files\/2011\/11\/scripture-quotes.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/files\/2011\/11\/daily-prayer.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re over forty-ish, you probably weren\u2019t that shocked to see the latest video to go viral. 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